Pretend and Phantasmic

Pretend

Pretend adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: it's just a pretend gun, so please pretend that I got you and play dead

Phantasmic and pretend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Phantasmic" instead an adjective "Pretend".

Phantasmic

Phantasmic adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: had spent a restless night during which he was visited by a series of phantasmic figures

Pretend and phantasmic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretend" instead an adjective "Phantasmic".
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