Remember vs Imagine - What's the difference?
remember | imagine |
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To memorize; to put something into memory.
To not forget (to do something required)
To convey greetings from.
(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
* Chapman
* , Secret Parting, lines 5-7
To engage in the process of recalling memories.
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)
, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, 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
In intransitive terms the difference between remember and imagine
is that remember is to engage in the process of recalling memories while imagine is to use one's imagination.As verbs the difference between remember and imagine
is that remember is to recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory while imagine is to form a mental of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.remember
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Alternative forms
* remembre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)citation
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- Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
- My friends remembered me of home.
- ''But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
- ''Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
- ''Her set gaze gathered
Usage notes
* In sense 1 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * SeeSynonyms
* recall * reminisceDerived terms
* rememberer * remembranceSee also
* recollect * recollection * remindimagine
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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?