A word denoted to the gaps in our
memory that we fill in with a plausable but
yet imagined
memory.
And no, it's different to a hallucination, as a confabulation can only be retrospective (hallucinations are happening at the time)
"No, that didn't really happen, George. What you have just experienced was a confabulation."
"But i
swear that time in year 8 the teacher was wearing
huge come fuck me
boots to class..."