What's the difference between fact and imagine?

Fact


Definition:

  • (n.) A doing, making, or preparing.
  • (n.) An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
  • (n.) Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
  • (n.) The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At the time, with a regular supply of British immigrants arriving in large numbers in Australia, Biggs was able to blend in well as "Terry Cook", a carpenter, so well in fact that his wife, Charmian, was able to join him with his three sons.
  • (2) In addition, the fact that microheterogeneity may occur without limit in the mannans of the strains suggests that antibodies with unlimited diverse specificities are produced directed against these antigenic varieties as well.
  • (3) In addition, despite the fact that the differences constitutes an information bias, the bias occurs in the same direction and magnitude in all the various subgroups and thus is nondifferential.
  • (4) In fact, the addition of conditioned medium obtained by 48 hr preincubation of isolated monocytes with 10% PF-382 supernatant (M-CM2) or the concomitant addition of supernatant from PF-382 cells (PF-382-CM) and from unstimulated monocytes (M-CM1) are capable of fully replacing the presence of monocytes in the BFU-E assay.
  • (5) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
  • (6) I forgave him because I know for a fact that he wasn't in his right mind," she said.
  • (7) The fact that IL-3, GM-CSF, and IL-5 regulate basophil function and viability in vitro demonstrates possible mechanisms for the regulation of basophil function and viability in IgE-mediated reactions (especially in late-phase reactions) in vivo by these factors.
  • (8) This was due to the fact that stale bread was fed ad lib, rather than concentrates.
  • (9) In fact, the distribution of [3H]oleate between plasma membranes and unilamellar vesicles of lipids extracted from these membranes was in favor of the lipids, indicating the absence of a detectable amount of binding to a putative fatty acid binding protein in plasma membranes.
  • (10) The facts are that the vulnerable children of this country remain largely unprotected.
  • (11) That's, in fact, just what Reed Brody was thinking.
  • (12) Limitations include the facts that the tracer inventory requires a minimal survival period, can only be done postmortem, and has low resolution for cuts of the vagal hepatic branch.
  • (13) Results of detailed studies on tissue reactions to Cysticercus bovis in the heart of cattle, together with a comparison of findings in animals with spontaneous and experimental infection, and an evaluation of tissue reactions in relation to the location, morphology and morphogenesis of C. bovis provided evidence for the fact that in general, the response of the heart to the presence of C. bovis was an inflammatory reaction characterized by the origin of a pseudoepithelial border and a zone of granulation tissue.
  • (14) This fact suggested that TCTFP may be metabolized intensively by glutathione (GSH) conjugation and therefore, like hexachlorobutadiene, would be expected to be nephrotoxic.
  • (15) Gordon Brown believes that the fact of the G20 summit has persuaded many tax havens, such as Switzerland and Liechtenstein, to indicate that they will adopt a more open approach.
  • (16) These differences point to the fact that the mechanisms that regulate satellite cell mitotic and fusion behavior are also not the same in all muscles.
  • (17) The fact that the security service was in possession of and retained the copy tape until the early summer of 1985 and did not bring it to the attention of Mr Stalker is wholly reprehensible,” he wrote.
  • (18) The ophthalmic headache's crisis is caused, in fact, by a spasm of convergence on an unknown exophory of which the amplitude of fusion is satisfying, and the presence of which can only be seen with test under screen.
  • (19) The fact that proteolytic activity could be detected within 2 days at 7 degrees C is significant, since bulk cooled milk is normally held for 3 to 4 days at temperatures between 4 and 7 degrees C at farms or factories prior to processing.
  • (20) This, however will not result in normal lower leg bones, as can be concluded from the fact that spontaneous fractures have occurred partly even in the locomotor apparatus after the pseudarthroses had healed.

Imagine


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
  • (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.
  • (v. t.) To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.
  • (v. i.) To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
  • (v. i.) To think; to suppose.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 4) Parents imagined that fruit drinks, carbonated beverages and beverages with lactic acid promoted tooth decay.
  • (2) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
  • (3) He's called out for his lack of imagination in a stinging review by a leading food critic (Oliver Platt) and - after being introduced to Twitter by his tech-savvy son (Emjay Anthony) - accidentally starts a flame war that will lead to him losing his job.
  • (4) Not long ago the comeback would have been impossible to imagine.
  • (5) New developments in data storage and retrieval forecast applications that could not have been imagined even a year or two ago.
  • (6) This may have been a pointed substitute programme, management perhaps imagining a future where electronic presenters will simply download their minds to MP3-players.
  • (7) Imagining faces was also the only condition that led to an increase of activity in the left inferior occipital region which has been suggested by previous studies as being a crucial area for visual imagery.
  • (8) "It is difficult to imagine the torment experienced by the vulnerable victims of crimes such as these.
  • (9) "The role of leader is one of the greatest honours imaginable – but it is not a bauble to aspire for.
  • (10) I personally felt grateful that British TV set itself apart from its international rivals in this way, not afraid to challenge, to stretch the mind and imagination.
  • (11) In 2009, he allowed Imagine to be played on the cathedral bells.
  • (12) America's same-sex couples, and the politicians who have barred gay marriage in 30 states, are looking to the supreme court to hand down a definitive judgment on where the constitution stands on an issue its framers are unlikely to have imagined would ever be considered.
  • (13) We need not strain our powers of prediction to imagine how the Conservatives and much of the media would react.
  • (14) I still can’t figure out who this is aimed at: I’m imagining characters who think they’re in Wolf of Wall Street, with such an inflated sense of entitlement that even al desko meals need to come with Michelin tags.
  • (15) Imagine a Swansea player plays against Chelsea on Saturday and then goes to Manchester City, then he plays against Chelsea again the next week.
  • (16) I am acutely aware that not all of you, by any stretch of the imagination, will approve of everything I have done.
  • (17) The Baseball Hall of Famer Barry Larkin's son Shane, who clearly had the more imaginative father of the three, was drafted 18th; he'll be playing for the Dallas Mavericks.
  • (18) There is never any chink in her composure – any hint of tension – and while I can't imagine what it must feel like to be so at ease with one's world, I don't think she is faking it.
  • (19) After all those years imagining what he would look like; first his hair, then his forehead and then those blue, blue eyes gradually revealed themselves.
  • (20) Our older population is the most impressive, self-sacrificing and imaginative part of our entire community.