fantastical vs legendary

fantastical

adj

  • Of or pertaining to fantasy. 

  • Fantastic. 

  • Fanciful or whimsical. 

legendary

adj

  • Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends. 

  • Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories. 

  • Having the splendor of a legend; fabled. 

  • Appearing (solely) in legends. 

noun

  • A legendary Pokémon. 

How often have the words fantastical and legendary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )