Figment vs Daydream - What's the difference?
figment | daydream | Related terms |
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
* 1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
* 1999 , Martin Gardner, The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener , page 12
* 2004 , Daniel C. Noel, In a Wayward Mood: Selected Writings 1969-2002 , page 256
A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
Figment is a related term of daydream.
As nouns the difference between figment and daydream
is that figment is a fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious while daydream is a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.As a verb daydream is
to have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.figment
English
Noun
(en noun)- He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.
- Perhaps, dear reader, you are only a figment in the dream of some god, as Sherlock Holmes was a figment in the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Jung's implication here is clearly that one should try to forget that this is only a figment or fantasy, merely make-believe—or perhaps that one should forget the “only,” the “merely”—and indeed take the fantasy seriously as a reality.
Usage notes
* Often used in the form "a figment of [someone's] imagination".References
* *daydream
English
(wikipedia daydream)Noun
(en noun)Verb
- Stop daydreaming and get back to work!
