Seeing vs Hoping - What's the difference?
seeing | hoping |
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
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, title= Having vision; not blind.
The action of the verb to see ; eyesight.
* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
(astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
(slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
* William Trogdon
As verbs the difference between seeing and hoping
is that seeing is while hoping is .As adjectives the difference between seeing and hoping
is that seeing is having vision; not blind while hoping is filled with or inspiring hope .As a noun seeing
is the action of the verb to see ; eyesight.As a conjunction seeing
is (slang) inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.seeing
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
Derived terms
* all-seeing * seeing to * seeing-eye dogAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* sightedNoun
- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings , hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
Etymology 2
Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.
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*hoping
English
Verb
(head)- There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.
- I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.