Hope vs. Dream

Hopenoun

The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

Hopenoun

(countable) The actual thing wished for.

Hopenoun

(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.

Hopenoun

The virtuous desire for future good.

Hopenoun

A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.

Hopenoun

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

Hopenoun

(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Hopeverb

To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.

Hopeverb

To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.

Hopeverb

(intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.

Hopeverb

To wish.

Hopenoun

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

Hopenoun

A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Hopenoun

A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.

Hopenoun

One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.

Hopenoun

That which is hoped for; an object of hope.

Hopeverb

To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; - usually followed by for.

Hopeverb

To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.

Hopeverb

To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.

Hopeverb

To expect; to fear.

Hopenoun

a specific instance of feeling hopeful;

Hopenoun

the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;

Hopenoun

grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;

Hopenoun

someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;

Hopenoun

United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903)

Hopenoun

one of the three Christian virtues

Hopeverb

expect and wish;

Hopeverb

be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes;

Hopeverb

intend with some possibility of fulfilment;

Hope

Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: and Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness, and despair.

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.