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What is the difference between envision and vision?

envision | vision |

Vision is a synonym of envision.

Vision is a derived term of envision.



In transitive terms the difference between envision and vision

is that envision is to conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine while vision is to imagine something as if it were to be true.

As a noun vision is

the sense or ability of sight.

envision

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
  • Synonyms

    * envisage, visualize, dream, imagine

    vision

    English

    (wikipedia vision)

    Noun

  • (label) The sense or ability of sight.
  • Something seen; an object perceived visually.
  • * 1610 , , I. ii. 270:
  • For to a vision so apparent rumour / Cannot be mute
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
  • , chapter=7, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!}}
  • (label) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
  • (label) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
  • (John Locke)
  • (label) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
  • (label) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
  • (label) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
  • Synonyms

    * (ability) sight, eyesight, view, perception * (something imaginary) apparition, hallucination, mirage * (ideal or goal) dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy

    Derived terms

    * binocular vision * double vision * personal vision * prevision * visible * visibility * vision statement * visionary * visioner * visual

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To imagine something as if it were to be true.
  • To provide with a vision.
  • Synonyms

    * (imagine) envision

    Derived terms

    * envision * prevision

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