What's the difference between dream and envision?

Dream


Definition:

  • (n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
  • (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
  • (n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
  • (n.) To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
  • (v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the ketamine group, 36% of the patients complained of unpleasant dreams.
  • (2) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
  • (3) There are no oceans wide enough to stop us from dreaming.
  • (4) She has imbued me with the confidence of encouraging other girls to dream alternative futures that do not rely on FGM as a prerequisite.
  • (5) Crushing their dream of denying healthcare to millions of people will put them on that road to despair.
  • (6) Originally, it was to be named Le Reve, after one of the Picassos that Wynn and his wife own; but, as of last month, it is to be called Wynn Las Vegas, embodying a dream of a different kind.
  • (7) "I am doing the best for my child, helping her strive towards her dreams.
  • (8) According to Hairullo, it was always Nazarov’s dream to live lavishly and easily.
  • (9) It seems like an awfully long way from the ground.” He added: “When I was younger, I dreamed of being an astronaut, but I also wanted to be a policeman or a firebreather.
  • (10) The "Dream Toys" for Christmas list includes a few old favourites alongside some new, and sparkly, additions.
  • (11) Likud warned: “Peres will divide Jerusalem.” Arab states feared that his dream of a borderless Middle East spelled Israeli economic colonialism by stealth.
  • (12) Last night, in a dramatic announcement that led some to accuse him of playing God, Venter said the dream had come true, saying he had created an organism with manmade DNA .
  • (13) I met a mum there who said to me – this is what I’ve dreamed of for my child... ...proper uniforms, high standards... ...this is going to give my child a good start in life.
  • (14) A three-dimensional model of adult dreaming styles shows a close correspondence with other models representing frameworks of waking experience and interpersonal behavior.
  • (15) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
  • (16) My dream is that one day, young kids in Nepal won’t have to risk working on the mountain as porters or guides, they will be able to get an education and build better lives for themselves,” Sherpa told AFP.
  • (17) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole,’ his sister said.
  • (18) Indeed, some of his ideas for fixing this broken American dream echo Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s – most notably a $1tn investment in public infrastructure, which Sanders claims would create 16m new jobs.
  • (19) I sat there thinking that in Canton we never had time to sleep, much less dream.” The late Edward Kennedy called it “the great aria of the civil rights movement”.
  • (20) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole.” Obama reduces sentences of 46 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes Read more As his sister put it, Bennett “got caught up” in a five-man drug ring run by an old friend, John Hansley, to pay for his addiction to crack.

Envision


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A porous structure, possibly involving a capsid and RNA complex, is envisioned.
  • (2) To develop this, longer-acting injectables or implants utilizing testosterone cybutanate (20AET-1), or other combinations of testosterone with a progestin or a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist are envisioned.
  • (3) Applications in magnetic resonance and nuclear imaging are envisioned.
  • (4) Bowie was presented at the centre of German youth culture, while the city of Berlin was re-envisioned by the use of a soundtrack that included the ambient instrumentals from Low and Heroes .
  • (5) We find it to be a valuable adjunct for envisioning three-dimensional relationships.
  • (6) Thank God, then, for The Execution Of Gary Glitter (Mon, 9pm, Channel 4), which vividly envisions the trial and subsequent capital punishment of pop's most reviled sex offender so you don't have to.
  • (7) This represents a substantial cost to the patient, from which no benefit can be envisioned.
  • (8) In the coming year the halving of maternal mortality is envisioned through prevention of anemia, tetanus, and extensive contraceptive use.
  • (9) We conducted a retrospective assessment of the fitting characteristics obtained with the Boston Envision rigid gas permeable contact lens to determine the best parameter for selecting an initial base curve.
  • (10) "[Kerry] was talking about the kind of future Israel wants and the kind of future both Israelis and Palestinians would want to envision.
  • (11) However, a more negative future for the speciality can be envisioned, as well.
  • (12) We examined the mechanism underlying the rapid (15-120 min) glucocorticoid-mediated increase in the synthesis of proteins envisioned as mediators of the initial steroid effects in thymic lymphocytes.
  • (13) His sexist commentary and anti-woman statements, coupled with the Republican policy positions he espouses, make it virtually impossible to envision any scenario whereby 50% of female voters would cast their ballots for him.
  • (14) It is difficult to envision how serious underrepresentation of minorities in allied health will be affected by this legislation.
  • (15) As envisioned during the infant years, this application has fallen considerably short of expectations, especially regarding instructional applications.
  • (16) A three-point attachment of sn-1,2-diacylglycerol to the surface-bound protein kinase C-phosphatidylserine-Ca2+ complex is envisioned to cause activation.
  • (17) This structure, while not easy to envision, is nonetheless as plausible a basis for theory as any science requires.
  • (18) One class of hypotheses proposed to explain the anterior to posterior sequence of chick somite formation envisions the movement of morphogenetic substances or processes along the segmental plate prior to somite formation.
  • (19) He showed his true political colours when he wrote that "the class issue has actually been successfully resolved in the west … the egalitarianism of modern America represents the essential achievement of the classless society envisioned by Marx."
  • (20) We do not envision this as the full measure of de-escalation."