Guess vs Vision - What's the difference?
guess | vision |
To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
(chiefly, US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
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(obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
* Shakespeare
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
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(label) The sense or ability of sight.
Something seen; an object perceived visually.
* 1610 , , I. ii. 270:
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, chapter=7, title= (label) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
(label) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
(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.
As verbs the difference between guess and vision
is that guess is to reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion while vision is to imagine something as if it were to be true.As nouns the difference between guess and vision
is that guess is a prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support while vision is the sense or ability of sight.guess
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
- That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
- Not all together; better far, I guess , / That we do make our entrance several ways.
- But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater.
- Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.
Synonyms
* hypothesize * take a stab * speculateDerived terms
* foreguess * guess what * guessable * guesser * guessing game * guesstimate * guesswork * keep someone guessing * no prize for guessing * out-guess * second-guess * you'll never guessEtymology 2
From (etyl) gesse. Cognate with (etyl) .Noun
(es)- If you don't know the answer, take a guess .
Synonyms
* estimate * hypothesis * predictionDerived terms
* another-guess * anyone's guess * by guess or by gosh * educated guess * guesswork * guesstimate * otherguess * take a guess * your guess is as good as mineExternal links
* *vision
English
(wikipedia vision)Noun
- For to a vision so apparent rumour / Cannot be mute
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!}}
- (John Locke)