Imagine vs Daydream - What's the difference?
imagine | daydream |
To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
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, title= To believe in something created by one's own mind.
To assume.
To conjecture or guess.
To use one's imagination.
(obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
* Bible, Psalms lxii. 3
A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
As verbs the difference between imagine and daydream
is that imagine is to form a mental of something; to envision or create something in one's mind while daydream is to have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.As a noun daydream is
a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.imagine
English
Verb
- In the night, imagining some fear, / How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
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- How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* imaginable * imaginal * imaginary * imagination * imaginativedaydream
English
(wikipedia daydream)Noun
(en noun)Verb
- Stop daydreaming and get back to work!