Reverie vs Quest - What's the difference?
reverie | quest |
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
* 1847 , Alfred Tennyson, The Princess , Canto VII, lines 107-108
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An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.
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A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
* (William Shakespeare)
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The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
(obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
* Herbert
(obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
* (William Shakespeare)
(obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
* (William Shakespeare)
To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
To search for; to examine.
As a noun reverie
is daydream, reverie.As an abbreviation quest is
quantized electronic structure.reverie
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Alternative forms
* reveryEtymology 1
, of uncertain origin. Compare rave.Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- we sat / But spoke not, rapt in nameless reverie ,
citation, passage=He fell into a reverie', a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into ' reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.}}
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- If the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool; there are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both.
Synonyms
* (state of dreaming while awake) air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirismSee also
* build castles in the air * woolgather * (daydream) ----quest
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(wikipedia quest)Noun
(en noun)- Cease your quest of love.
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- Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.
- The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
- What lawful quest have given their verdict?