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There are many differences between Sci-Fi and Fantasy, but some things blur the lines between them. Regardless, there are lots of ways that Tropes from both can overlap.

Sister Trope to Gun/Sword Counterpart, compare Magic Versus Science, Speculative Fiction Tropes, Magitek. Not to be confused with Fantasy Counterpart Culture, though the two could overlap.

Tropes:

Alchemy -- Chemistry Can Do Anything
All Myths Are True -- All Theories Are True
Aura Vision -- Stat-O-Vision
Bioluminescence Is Cool -- Tron Lines (though the latter can sometimes be found in fantasy)
Chainmail Bikini -- Latex Space Suit
Creating Life -- AI Is a Crapshoot
Constructed World -- A Long Time Ago in A Galaxy Far Far Away
Cool Airship -- Cool Starship
Doing in The Wizard -- Doing in The Scientist
The Fair Folk -- The Greys
Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes -- Alien Tropes
Fantastic Science -- Fictional Field of Science
Fantasy Gun Control -- Nuclear Weapons Taboo
Fantasy Kitchen Sink -- Sci Fi Kitchen Sink
Functional Magic -- Psychic Powers
Golem -- Ridiculously Human Robot
Heroic Fantasy/Low Fantasy -- Planetary Romance
High Fantasy -- Space Opera
Instant Runes -- Matrix Raining Code
The Legions of Hell -- Everything's Deader With Zombies/Mecha-Mooks
Lilliputians -- Nanomachines
Lizard Folk/Snake People -- The Reptilians
Magi Babble -- Techno Babble
Magic Carpet -- Hover Board
Magical Land -- Inside a Computer System
Magitek/MagicPoweredPseudoscience -- Magic From Technology
Mithril -- Unobtainium
Our Elves Are Better -- Space Elves
Our Monsters Are Weird -- Starfish Aliens
Portable Hole -- Pocket Dimension
The Sky Is an Ocean -- Space Is an Ocean
Standard Fantasy Setting -- Standard Sci Fi Setting
Steampunk/Diesel Punk -- Cyberpunk/Bio Punk (arguably)
- Gaslamp Fantasy -- Steampunk/Diesel Punk/Cattle Punk
- Gothic Punk -- Cyberpunk
The Undead -- Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
Urban Fantasy -- Urban Sci Fi
Weird West -- Space Western

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 * [[High Fantasy]] -- [[Space Opera]]
 * [[Instant Runes]] -- [[Matrix Raining Code]]
-* [[The Legions of Hell]] -- [[Everythings Deader With Zombies]]/[[Mecha-Mooks]]
+* [[The Legions of Hell]] -- [[Everything's Deader With Zombies]]/[[Mecha-Mooks]]
 * [[Lilliputians]] -- [[Nanomachines]]
 * [[Lizard Folk]]/[[Snake People]] -- [[The Reptilians]]