fiction与novel的区别：中文含义不同、词性不同、用法不同。fiction只作名词，含义为“小说”、“假想之物”、“虚构的事”；而novel可作名词和形容词，含义为“长篇小说”、“新颖的”、“珍奇的”。
一、fiction的含义及用法
fiction作为可数名词，意为小说;虚构的事;假想之物。
例句：For years he managed to keep up the fiction that he was not married.
多年来他设法一直给人一种未婚的假象。
Immigrant tales have always been popular themes in fiction...
移民故事一直是小说中常见的主题。
The truth or fiction of this story has never been truly determined.
这个故事一直以来真伪莫辨。
Fact and fiction merge together in his latest thriller.
在他最近的惊险小说中，真实和虚构交织在一起。
The border between science fact and science fiction gets a bit fuzzy.
科学事实和科幻小说之间的界限变得有点儿模糊了。
The truth or fiction of this story has never been truly determined.
这个故事一直以来真伪莫辨。
I am leaving to concentrate on writing fiction.
我辞职是为了专心写小说。
二、novel的含义及用法
1、作为名词时，意为(长篇)小说。
例句：In a novel form and content are equally important.
小说的形式和内容同样重要。
He already had an idea for his next novel.
他已经构思好了下一部小说。
The novel is based on a true story.
这部小说是根据真实的故事写成的。
2、作为形容词时，意为新颖的;与众不同的;珍奇的。
例句：Solutions to these problems do not have to be novel. Far from it.
解决这些问题的方法不一定是新颖的。远非如此。
The present paper reports on a novel public goods experiment.
本论文报告了一个新颖的公共品实验。
We can see the writers national consciousness and racial sense from the language of the novel clearly.
这种与众不同的语言策略充分体现了作者的黑人意识和民族观念。
