Daydream vs. Dream

Daydreamnoun

A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

Daydreamverb

To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

Daydreamnoun

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

Daydreamnoun

absent-minded dreaming while awake

Daydreamverb

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Daydreamverb

have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake;

Daydream

Daydreaming is the stream of consciousness that detaches from current, external tasks when attention drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which participants spend 47% of their waking time on average on daydreaming.

Dreamnoun

Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

Dreamnoun

A hope or wish.

Dreamnoun

A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.

Dreamverb

(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.

Dreamverb

(intransitive) To hope, to wish.

Dreamverb

(intransitive) To daydream.

Dreamverb

(transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).

Dreamverb

(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).

Dreamadjective

ideal; perfect

Dreamnoun

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

Dreamnoun

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.

Dreamverb

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.

Dreamverb

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.

Dreamverb

To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; - often followed by an objective clause.

Dreamnoun

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep;

Dreamnoun

a cherished desire;

Dreamnoun

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake;

Dreamnoun

a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe);

Dreamnoun

a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality;

Dreamnoun

someone of something wonderful;

Dreamverb

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Dreamverb

experience while sleeping;

Dreamnoun

a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep

Dreamnoun

a state of mind in which someone is or seems to be unaware of their immediate surroundings

Dreamnoun

a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal

Dreamnoun

an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy

Dreamnoun

a person or thing perceived as wonderful or perfect

Dreamverb

experience dreams during sleep

Dreamverb

see, hear, or feel (something) in a dream

Dreamverb

indulge in daydreams or fantasies about something greatly desired

Dreamverb

waste one's time in a lazy, unproductive way

Dreamverb

contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case

Dream

A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and function of dreams are not fully understood, although they have been a topic of scientific, philosophical and religious interest throughout recorded history.