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fabricate vs confabulate

confabulate vs fabricate

fabricate and confabulate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fabricate No No Yes No
confabulate No No Yes No
As verbs, confabulate is a hyponym of fabricate; that is, confabulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fabricate:
  • fabricate: concoct something artificial or untrue
  • confabulate: unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
Other hyponyms of fabricate include mythologise, mythologize, concoct, trump up, spin, vamp, vamp up.
fabricate (verb) confabulate (verb)
concoct something artificial or untrue talk socially without exchanging too much information
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts have a conference in order to talk something over
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
Difference between fabricate and confabulate

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