Fantasize vs imagine

[osama]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #182 "Who wants to be a millionaire?", question 1

Many people have ......... about winning a big prize in the lottery.

(a) imagined
(b) visualized
(c) fantasized
(d) discovered

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #182 "Who wants to be a millionaire?", answer 1

Many people have fantasized about winning a big prize in the lottery.

Correct answer: (c) fantasized

Your answer was: incorrect
Many people have imagined about winning a big prize in the lottery.
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fantasize vs imagine

osama

[Conchita]

Both fantasize/fantasise and imagine have the sense of picturing (something) in your mind. You can imagine something and fantasise about something. Also, fantasising normally refers to nice things.