Vivid vs Imagery - What's the difference?
vivid | imagery |
(of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
(of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 Full of life, strikingly alive.
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=32 The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
Imitation work.
Images in general, or en masse.
(figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
As nouns the difference between vivid and imagery
is that vivid is a felt-tipped permanent marker while imagery is the work of one who makes s or visible representation of objects.As an adjective vivid
is clear, detailed or powerful.vivid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
citation, passage=The vivid , untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.}}
