Fancy and Fad

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

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Fad is a synonym for fancy in caprice topic. In some cases you can use "Fad" instead a noun "Fancy".

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

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Fancy is a synonym for fad in craze topic. You can use "Fancy" instead a noun "Fad", if it concerns topics such as caprice.

big	big fancy	big fad
little	little fancy	little fad
quaint	quaint fancy	quaint fad
passing	passing fancy	passing fad
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