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fancy vs ideate

ideate vs fancy

fancy is a noun but ideate is not a noun.

fancy is an adjective but ideate is not an adjective.

fancy and ideate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fancy Yes Yes Yes No
ideate No No Yes No
As verbs, ideate is a hypernym of fancy; that is, ideate is a word with a broader meaning than fancy:
  • fancy: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  • ideate: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Other hypernyms of fancy include conceive of, envisage, imagine.
fancy (noun) ideate (noun)
imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
something many people believe that is false
a predisposition to like something
fancy (adjective) ideate (adjective)
not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy (verb) ideate (verb)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
Difference between fancy and ideate

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