different between fantasize vs demonstrate

English

Alternative forms

• fantasise (British)
• phantasise?(British, dated)
• phantasize?(dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????????? (phantasiázomai, “to be presented to the mind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fænt??sa?z/

Verb

fantasize (third-person singular simple present fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, simple past and past participle fantasized)

1. (intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

   I fantasized about my ideal date.

2. (transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
   • 1995 March 22, "Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies", The Arizona Republic

     Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?monstr?, d?monstr?tus (“I show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?nst?e?t/

Verb

demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple past and past participle demonstrated)

1. (transitive) to show how to use (something).
   • 1987, February 8, Richard Zachs, "Candy is dandy (though maybe not liquor) - so for this Valentine's Day, video may be a whole lot more fun", The New York Daily News

     In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.

2. to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
3. (intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration.

4. (transitive) to show, display, or present; to prove or make evident

Conjugation

Related terms

Translations

See also

• show
• prove

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demons?trate/
• Rhymes: -ate

Noun

demonstrate

1. present adverbial passive participle of demonstri

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?monstrate/

Verb

demonstrate

1. adverbial present passive participle of demonstrar

Latin

Verb

d?m?nstr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?m?nstr?

Participle

d?m?nstr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of d?m?nstr?tus