Thought vs. Imagination

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;

Thoughtnoun

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.

Imaginationnoun

The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.

Imaginationnoun

Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

Imaginationnoun

Creativity; resourcefulness.

Imaginationnoun

A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

Imaginationnoun

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.

Imaginationnoun

The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.

Imaginationnoun

The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal.

Imaginationnoun

A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

Imaginationnoun

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;

Imaginationnoun

the ability to form mental images of things or events;

Imaginationnoun

the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems;

Imaginationnoun

the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses

Imaginationnoun

the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful

Imaginationnoun

the part of the mind that imagines things

Imagination

Imagination is the ability to produce and simulate novel objects, sensations, and ideas in the mind without any immediate input of the senses. It is also described as the forming of experiences in one's mind, which can be re-creations of past experiences such as vivid memories with imagined changes, or they can be completely invented and possibly fantastic scenes.