Fad
Fad noun - A practice or interest that is very popular for a short time.
Usage example: once the fad for that kind of music had passed, nobody would have been caught dead listening to it
Fancy
Fancy noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.
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Fancy and Fad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fad/fancy
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