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Imagined vs Fictional - What's the difference?

imagined | fictional |

As adjectives the difference between imagined and fictional

is that imagined is conceived or envisioned in the mind while fictional is invented, as opposed to real.

As a verb imagined

is (imagin).

imagined

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Conceived or envisioned in the mind.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (imagin)
  • (imagine)

    • fictional

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia fictional) (en adjective)
  • Invented, as opposed to real.
    • Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.
    The janitor's account of the crime turned out to be entirely fictional .

    Related terms

    * fictive * fictitious * fictitional