different between confabulation vs confabular

English

Etymology

From Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin conf?bul?ti?nem, from c?nf?bul?r? + -ti?nem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). C?nf?bul?r? is the present active infinitive of c?nf?bulor (“to converse; to discuss”), from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together) + f?bulor (“to chat, converse, talk; to make up a story”) (from f?bula (“discourse, narrative; fable, story”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to say, speak”)) + for (“to say, speak, talk”)). The English word is analysable as confabulate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?fæbj??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: con?fab?u?lat?ion

Noun

confabulation (countable and uncountable, plural confabulations)

1. A casual conversation; a chat.

   Synonym: confab

2. (psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.

Derived terms

• confab (noun)

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English

Adjective

confabular (comparative more confabular, superlative most confabular)

1. Of or pertaining to confabulation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfabu?la?/, [kõ?.fa.??u?la?]

Verb

confabular

1. infinitive of confabularse