is a specific kind of: imaginary being, imaginary creature.

is a broader term that covers: agonist, protagonist.

instances of which are: Aladdin | Argonaut | Babar | Beatrice | Beowulf | Bluebeard | Bond, James Bond | Brer Rabbit | Bunyan, Paul Bunyan | John Henry | Cheshire cat | Chicken Little | Cinderella | Colonel Blimp | Dracula | Don Quixote | El Cid | Fagin | Falstaff, Sir John Falstaff | Father Brown | Faust, Faustus | Frankenstein | Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster | Goofy | Gulliver | Hamlet | Captain Horatio Hornblower, Horatio Hornblower | Iago | Commissaire Maigret, Inspector Maigret | Kilroy | King Lear, Lear | Lilliputian | Marlowe, Philip Marlowe | Micawber, Wilkins Micawber | Mother Goose | Mr. Moto | Othello | Pangloss | Pantaloon | Perry Mason | Peter Pan | Pied Piper, Pied Piper of Hamelin | Pierrot | Pluto | Huck Finn, Huckleberry Finn | Rip van Winkle | Ruritanian | Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes | Tom Sawyer | Uncle Remus | Uncle Tom | Uncle Sam | Holmes, Sherlock Holmes | Simon Legree | Sinbad, Sinbad the Sailor | Snoopy | Ali Baba | Emile | Houyhnhnm | Little John | Little Red Riding Hood | Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov | Robin Hood | Robinson Crusoe | Rumpelstiltskin | Shylock | Tristan, Tristram | Iseult, Isolde | Scaramouch, Scaramouche | Svengali | Sweeney Todd, Todd | Trilby | Walter Mitty | Yahoo | Arthur, King Arthur | Galahad, Sir Galahad | Gawain, Sir Gawain | Guenevere, Guinevere | Lancelot, Sir Lancelot | Merlin ... show more.