Fantasy vs. Roleplay — What's the Difference?

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama.

(intransitive) To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people.

The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things

(transitive) To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group.

A fantasia.

The act or practice of roleplaying; an instance of roleplaying.

Imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about

The practice of roleplaying.

The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.

Perform on a stage or theater;

Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.

A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements.

A work of this genre.

An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.

An unrealistic or improbable supposition.

(Music) See fantasia.

A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.

(Obsolete) A hallucination.

Relating to or being a game in which participants act as owners of imaginary sports teams whose personnel consists of actual players selected from a professional sports league and team performance is determined by the combined statistics of the players.

To imagine; visualize.

That which comes from one's imagination.

(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

A fantastical design.

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

To fantasize (about).

(obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

Fantastic designs.

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.

Imagination unrestricted by reality;

Fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;

Something many people believe that is false;