Mental vs Visionary - What's the difference?
mental | visionary | Related terms |
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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Enjoyable; fun.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
having vision or foresight
* Alexander Pope
imaginary or illusory
prophetic or revelatory
* Thomson
idealistic or utopian
someone who has visions; a seer
an impractical dreamer
someone who has positive ideas about the future
Mental is a related term of visionary.
As nouns the difference between mental and visionary
is that mental is moron while visionary is someone who has visions; a seer.As an adjective visionary is
having vision or foresight.mental
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(wikipedia mental)Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* genial (in the sense referring to the chin) * genian (in the sense referring to the chin)Derived terms
* extramental * intermental * intramental * mentalese * mentalist * mentality * mentally * mental age * mental block * mental disease * mental home * mental patientExternal links
* *Anagrams
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
- The visionary hour / When musing midnight reigns.
- a visionary scheme or project
- (Jonathan Swift)