ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด I – Imaginary - imaginative
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Imaginary = ‘ih’MAJ-uh-ner ee’
ออกเสียง imaginative = ‘ih-MAJ-uh-nuh (ney)-tiv’
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Imaginary & imaginative
Imaginarymeans
“not real” “fancied”
“existing only in the imagination”?
“Jock is acting: his illness is only imaginary,”
“This novelist makes Imaginary characters seem more real than actual people.”
Imaginative applies to someone
who can form mental images of
what is not actually present to the senses.
An Imaginative person imagines or conceives (“dreams up”) matters that are not real;
an Imaginary man does not exist at all but is the product of some Imaginative person’s mind.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for imaginary
IMAGINARY, FANCIFUL, VISIONARY,
FANTASTIC, CHIMERICAL, QUIXOTIC
mean unreal or unbelievable.
IMAGINARY applies to something
which is fictitious and purely the product
of one's imagination.
an imaginary desert isle
FANCIFUL suggeststhe free play
of the imagination.
a teller of fanciful stories
VISIONARY stresses impracticality
or incapability of realization.
visionary schemes
FANTASTIC implies incredibility
or strangeness beyond belief.
a fantastic world inhabited by monsters
CHIMERICAL combines the implication of VISIONARY and FANTASTIC.
chimerical dreams of future progress
QUIXOTIC implies a devotion to romantic
or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary
prudence and common sense.
a quixotic crusade
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Imaginary – imaginative
1. 'imaginary'
Something that is imaginary
exists only in someone's imagination,
and not in real life.
Many children develop fears of imaginary dangers.
...pictures of completely imaginary plants.
2. 'imaginative'
Imaginative people are good
at forming ideas of new and exciting things.
...an imaginative schoolteacher.
You can also describe someone's ideas as imaginative.
...an imaginative scheme.
