Thought vs. Idea

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Thoughtnoun

Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.

Thoughtnoun

(uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.

Thoughtnoun

A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

Thoughtverb

simple past tense and past participle of think

Thought

imp. & p. p. of Think.

Thoughtnoun

The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.

Thoughtnoun

Meditation; serious consideration.

Thoughtnoun

That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.

Thoughtnoun

Solicitude; anxious care; concern.

Thoughtnoun

A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.

Thoughtnoun

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about;

Thoughtnoun

the process of thinking (especially thinking carefully);

Thoughtnoun

the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual;

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a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty;

Thought

Thought (or thinking) encompasses a flow of ideas and associations that can lead to logical conclusions. Although thinking is an activity of an existential value for humans, there is still no consensus as to how it is adequately defined or understood.

Ideanoun

(philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.

Ideanoun

(obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.

Ideanoun

(obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.

Ideanoun

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.

Ideanoun

More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.

Ideanoun

A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.

Ideanoun

A purposeful aim or goal; intent

Ideanoun

A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.

Ideanoun

(music) A musical theme or melodic subject.

Ideanoun

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.

Ideanoun

A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.

Ideanoun

Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of.

Ideanoun

A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.

Ideanoun

A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.

Ideanoun

A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.

Ideanoun

A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity.

Ideanoun

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about;

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a personal view;

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an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

Ideanoun

your intention; what you intend to do;

Ideanoun

(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;

Ideanoun

a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action