fancy vs will

fancy

noun
  • The object of inclination or liking. 

  • A diamond with a distinctive colour. 

  • In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies). 

  • A whim. 

  • The imagination. 

  • A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing. 

  • Love or amorous attachment. 

  • The enthusiasts of such a pursuit. 

  • That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. 

  • Any sport or hobby pursued by a group. 

  • An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. 

  • An opinion or notion formed without much reflection. 

adv
  • In a fancy manner; fancily. 

adj
  • Of a superior grade. 

  • Unnecessarily complicated. 

  • Executed with skill. 

  • Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones. 

verb
  • To appreciate without jealousy or greed. 

  • To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. 

  • would like 

  • To form a conception of; to portray in the mind. 

  • To breed (animals) as a hobby. 

  • To be sexually attracted to. 

  • To imagine, suppose. 

will

noun
  • One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. 

  • Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent 

  • The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. 

  • One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. 

  • A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes. 

verb
  • To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation. 

  • To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. 

  • Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. 

  • To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). 

  • Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference". 

  • To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something. 

  • To be able to, to have the capacity to. 

  • To habitually do (a given action). 

  • To wish, desire (something). 

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