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Fantasy vs. Roleplay — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fantasy and Roleplay

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Fantasy

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.

Roleplay

(intransitive) To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people.
To spice up their sex life, they like to roleplay.

Fantasy

The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things
His researches had moved into the realms of fantasy
A fantasy world

Roleplay

(transitive) To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group.
He likes to roleplay a vampire.

Fantasy

A fantasia.
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Roleplay

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

Fantasy

Imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about
It is ludicrous to fantasy ‘disinventing’ the hydrogen bomb

Roleplay

The practice of roleplaying.

Fantasy

The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.

Roleplay

Perform on a stage or theater;
She acts in this play
He acted in `Julius Caesar'
I played in `A Christmas Carol'
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Fantasy

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

Fantasy

A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

Fantasy

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

Fantasy

A work of this genre.

Fantasy

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

Fantasy

An unrealistic or improbable supposition.

Fantasy

(Music) See fantasia.

Fantasy

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

Fantasy

(Obsolete) A hallucination.

Fantasy

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.

Fantasy

To imagine; visualize.

Fantasy

That which comes from one's imagination.

Fantasy

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

Fantasy

A fantastical design.

Fantasy

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Fantasy

To fantasize (about).

Fantasy

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

Fantasy

(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

Fantasy

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.
Is not this something more than fantasy ?
A thousand fantasiesBegin to throng into my memory.

Fantasy

Fantastic designs.
Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.

Fantasy

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.
Which he doth most fantasy.

Fantasy

Imagination unrestricted by reality;
A schoolgirl fantasy

Fantasy

Fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;
She made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies

Fantasy

Something many people believe that is false;
They have the illusion that I am very wealthy

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