Ballad and Fantasy

Ballad

Ballad noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.

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Fantasy and ballad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fantasy" instead a noun "Ballad".

Nearby Words: balladry, ballade

Fantasy noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.

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Ballad and fantasy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ballad" instead a noun "Fantasy".

full	full ballad	full fantasy
soft	soft ballad	soft fantasy
typical	typical ballad	typical fantasy
usual	usual ballad	usual fantasy
Other adjectives: complete, standard, original, light, medieval, romantic, popular, real, little, dark, beautiful, famous, heroic, traditional, epic.

Cruel Sisters is a short story with dark fantasy while retelling the ballad "Twa Sisters," showing Reality Ensues when a harpist makes an instrument out of a dead girl's body.

Source: Dark Fantasy
The strip later moves on from an MMO based on that to one based on The Rhymeblade of Ballad-Ur, a series of fantasy novels.

Source: Webcomic / The Trenches
Caius Ballad, the Big Bad of Final Fantasy XIII-2, using the alternate spelling that replaces the G with a hard C or K.

Source: Names To Run Away From / Conquerors

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