Elegant
Elegant adjective - Having qualities that appeal to a refined taste.
Usage example: prepared an elegant dinner for the honored guests
Fancy is a synonym for elegant in detailed topic. In some cases you can use "Fancy" instead an adjective "Elegant", when it comes to topics like elaborate, ornate, full of fine words, beautiful.
Fancy
Fancy adjective - Made or done with great care or with much detail.
Usage example: we're having a little get-together after the concert—nothing fancy
Elegant is a synonym for fancy in detailed topic. You can use "Elegant" instead an adjective "Fancy", if it concerns topics such as elaborate, ornate, full of fine words, extravagant.
Both words in one sentence
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Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Several outfits the ladies wear are very fancy and elegant.
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Sapphire of Disgaea 3 has an outfit that's basically pants and a jacket (to help make it easy to fight as a Badass Princess), but still elegant and fancy enough to count.
Source: Kicking Ass in All Her Finery -
Hoping to appear elegant and tasteful, she buys a fancy party dress from a fashion magazine... but quickly learns that it's completely out of place for a quiet evening at home, Big Fancy House and Fiction 500-status be damned.
Source: Impractically Fancy Outfit
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