Dream vs. Nightmare

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.

Nightmarenoun

A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.

Nightmarenoun

(obsolete) Sleep paralysis.

Nightmarenoun

A very bad or frightening dream.

Nightmarenoun

(figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.

Nightmarenoun

A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.

Nightmarenoun

A trerrifying or oppressive dream characterized by a sense of helplessness in the face of danger, extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.) or extreme anxiety, from which one wakes in a troubled state of mind.

Nightmarenoun

Any overwhelming, oppressive, or terrifying experience resembling a nightmare{2} especially in the inability to escape from an unpleasant situation.

Nightmarenoun

a situation resembling a terrifying dream

Nightmarenoun

a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream

Nightmare

A nightmare, also called a bad dream, is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair, anxiety or great sadness. However, psychological nomenclature differentiates between nightmares and bad dreams; specifically, people remain asleep during bad dreams, whereas nightmares can awaken individuals.