different between fiction vs concoction
fiction
English
Etymology
From Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion (“dissimulation, ruse, invention”), from Latin ficti? (“a making, fashioning, a feigning, a rhetorical or legal fiction”), from fing? (“to form, mold, shape, devise, feign”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?k?-sh?n, IPA(key): /?f?k.??n/
- Hyphenation: fic?tion
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
fiction (countable and uncountable, plural fictions)
- Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
- (uncountable) A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
- (law) A legal fiction.
Synonyms
- fabrication
- figment
Antonyms
- documentary
- fact
- non-fiction
- truth
Hypernyms
- literary type
Hyponyms
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
Derived terms
- fictitious
- fictional
- non-fiction
Related terms
- fiction section
Descendants
- ? Irish: ficsean
- ? Scottish Gaelic: ficsean
Translations
Further reading
- fiction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fiction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fiction at OneLook Dictionary Search
- "fiction" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 134.
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin fictionem (nominative of fictio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fik.sj??/
Noun
fiction f (plural fictions)
- fiction
Related terms
- fictif
- science-fiction
Further reading
- “fiction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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concoction
English
Etymology
From Latin concocti?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?k?k??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?k?k??n/, [k??n?k??k??n], [k????k??k??n]
Noun
concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)
- The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
- A mixture prepared in such a way.
- Something made up, an invention.
- (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
- [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]
- (obsolete, figuratively) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
- (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
- (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.
- There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin concocti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.k?k.sj??/
Noun
concoction f (plural concoctions)
- concoction (mixture)
Further reading
- “concoction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin concocti?nem.
Noun
concoction f (plural concoctions)
- concoction (mixture)
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