Hope vs Inspiration - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
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, title= (countable) The actual thing wished for.
(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
(Christianity) The virtuous desire for future good.
* The Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:13
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
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, title= To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
(obsolete) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in .
* Bible, Psalms cxix. 81
* Bible, Psalms xlii. 11
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.
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(countable) A breath, a single inhalation.
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A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
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The act of an elevating]] or [[stimulate, stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. In this sense, it is generally followed by the adposition to'' or ''for :
* She was waiting for inspiration to write a book.
* She was waiting for inspiration for writing a book.
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, passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration , “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
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* 2002 , Sven Rasegård, Man and Science: A Web of Systems and Social Conventions , p. 2:
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A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
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A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
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* 1916 , (Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton), Mrs. Balfame , ch. 15:
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In countable terms the difference between hope and inspiration
is that hope is a person or thing that is a source of hope while inspiration is a breath, a single inhalation.As nouns the difference between hope and inspiration
is that hope is the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen while inspiration is the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.As a verb hope
is to want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.As a proper noun Hope
is {{given name|female|from=English}} from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.hope
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) hope, from (etyl) .Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.}}
- But now abideth faith, hope , love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Derived terms
* Cape of Good Hope * forlorn hope * great white hope * have one's hope dashed * hope against hope * hope chest * hopeful * hopeless * hoper * hope springs eternal * no-hoper * out of hope * overhope * unhope * wanhopeEtymology 2
From (etyl) hopen, from (etyl) hopian.Verb
(hop)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- I hope in thy word.
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeDerived terms
* hoped forSee also
* aspire * desire * expect * look forward * wantEtymology 3
Compare Icelandic word for a small bay or inlet.Noun
(en noun)- (Jamieson)
inspiration
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Noun
An Elementary System of Physiology, p. 220:
- Laughing is produced by an inspiration succeeded by a succession of short imperfect expirations.
The History of the Variations of the Protestant ChurchesVol.2 (1829 translation), p. 355:
- The question, therefore, at issue is, not whether those external means be sufficient without grace and divine inspiration', for none pretends that": but, in order to hinder men from feigning or imagining an '''inspiration''', whether it has not been God's economy, and his usual conduct to make his ' inspiration walk hand in hand with certain means of fact, which men can neither feign in the air without being convicted of falsehood, nor imagine without illusion.
The Nation's Wail, p. 6:
- We caught the inspiration of his joy; and imagination painted a glorious future near at hand for our land, quickly to develop itself under the guidance of his fostering wisdom, and fraternal counsels and care.
Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius, p. 25:
- All this suggests that Andrea may, like the authors of the devotional panel, the fresco, and the print – and like Leonardo, as we shall see – have found his inspiration in Pollaiuolo.
- And now it is time for problem solving which, if successful, will create new ideas serving as an inspiration source for future research objects of the researcher in question as well as other researchers within the same field.
Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
- As for United, this was a performance lacking in inspiration , purpose and threat and once again underlined the urgency for transfer business to be done in the closing hours of the transfer window.
Presidential Radio Address:
- The people of Ukraine and Georgia are an inspiration to the world and I was pleased that this week NATO declared that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of NATO.
- After an interval the Psychologist had an inspiration . "It must have gone into the past if it has gone anywhere," he said.
- Mrs. Balfame had an inspiration . "My God!" she exclaimed, springing to her feet, "the murderer . . . was hidden in the cellar or attic all night, all the next day! He may be here yet!"
Scenery Chewer Plays It Straight, Methodically," New York Times (retrieved 3 Sept. 2013):
- [H]e accompanied her to a rehearsal of a skit satirizing “Casablanca,” and the director had an inspiration : Wouldn’t it be a laugh to cast a 10-year-old as Rick?