Wish vs. Dream

A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.

An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.

The thing desired or longed for.

Example: ‘My dearest wish is to see them happily married.’;

(Sussex) A water meadow.

(transitive) To desire; to want.

Example: ‘I'll come tomorrow, if you wish it.’;

To hope (for a particular outcome).

(ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).

Example: ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas.’;

To request or desire to do an activity.

(transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.

To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

Example: ‘They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.’; ‘This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.’;

To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.

Example: ‘I would not wishAny companion in the world but you.’; ‘I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper.’;

To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.

Example: ‘I would not wish them to a fairer death.’; ‘I wish it may not prove some ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with such a miser as I am.’; ‘Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.’;

To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.

Example: ‘I would be glad to thrive, sir,And I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.’;

Desire; eager desire; longing.

Example: ‘Behold, I am according to thy wish in God a stead.’;

Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.

Example: ‘Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish.’;

A thing desired; an object of desire.

Example: ‘Will he, wise, let loose at once his ire . . . To give his enemies their wish!’;

a specific feeling of desire;

Example: ‘he got his wish’; ‘he was above all wishing and desire’;

an expression of some desire or inclination;

Example: ‘I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave’; ‘his crying was an indirect request for attention’;

(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare;

Example: ‘give him my kind regards’; ‘my best wishes’;

the particular preference that you have;

Example: ‘it was his last wish’; ‘they should respect the wishes of the people’;

hope for; have a wish;

Example: ‘I wish I could go home now’;

prefer or wish to do something;

Example: ‘Do you care to try this dish?’; ‘Would you like to come along to the movies?’;

have in mind;

Example: ‘I will take the exam tomorrow’;

make or express a wish;

Example: ‘I wish that Christmas were over’;

feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of

order politely; express a wish for

invoke upon;

Example: ‘wish you a nice evening’; ‘bid farewell’;

feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen

Example: ‘he wished that he had practised the routines’; ‘we wished for peace’;

express a hope that (someone) enjoys (happiness or success)

Example: ‘they wish her every success’;

want to do something

Example: ‘they wish to become involved’;

want (something) to be done or happen

Example: ‘I wish it to be clearly understood’;

want (someone) to do or have something

Example: ‘Anne wishes me to visit her’;

hope that (someone) has to deal with someone or something undesirable

Example: ‘he wouldn't wish Arthur on anyone’;

a desire or hope for something to happen

Example: ‘the union has reiterated its wish for an agreement’; ‘her wish to be a mother’;

an expression of a desire, typically in the form of a request or instruction

Example: ‘she must carry out her late father's wishes’;

an invocation or recitation of a hope or desire

Example: ‘he makes a wish’;

an expression of a hope for someone's success, happiness, or welfare

Example: ‘the Queen had sent her best wishes for a speedy recovery’;

a thing that is or has been wished for

Example: ‘the petitioners eventually got their wish’;

A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices.

Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

A hope or wish.

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

Example: ‘a dream of bliss;’; ‘the dream of his youth’;

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

(intransitive) To hope, to wish.

(intransitive) To daydream.

Example: ‘Stop dreaming and get back to work.’;

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

Example: ‘I dreamed a vivid dream last night.’;

(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).

Example: ‘I wouldn't dream of snubbing you in public.’;

ideal; perfect

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

Example: ‘Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.’; ‘I had a dream which was not all a dream.’;

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.

Example: ‘There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream.’; ‘It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose.’;

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.

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.

Example: ‘Here may we sit and dreamOver the heavenly theme’; ‘They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting’;

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

Example: ‘Your old men shall dream dreams’; ‘At length in sleep their bodies they compose,And dreamt the future fight’; ‘And still they dream that they shall still succeed’;

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep;

Example: ‘I had a dream about you last night’;

a cherished desire;

Example: ‘his ambition is to own his own business’;

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake;

Example: ‘he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality’;

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

Example: ‘I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe’;

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

Example: ‘he went about his work as if in a dream’;

someone of something wonderful;

Example: ‘this dessert is a dream’;

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

experience while sleeping;

Example: ‘She claims to never dream’; ‘He dreamt a strange scene’;

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

Example: ‘I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights’;

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

Example: ‘he had been walking around in a dream all day’;

a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal

Example: ‘I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion’;

an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy

Example: ‘maybe he could get a job and earn some money—but he knew this was just a dream’;

a person or thing perceived as wonderful or perfect

Example: ‘it was a dream of a backhand’; ‘her new man's an absolute dream’;

experience dreams during sleep

Example: ‘I dreamed about her last night’;

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

Example: ‘I dreamed that I was going to be executed’; ‘maybe you dreamed it’;

indulge in daydreams or fantasies about something greatly desired

Example: ‘she had dreamed of a trip to America’;

waste one's time in a lazy, unproductive way

Example: ‘we dreamed our lives away’;

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

Example: ‘I wouldn't dream of foisting myself on you’; ‘I never dreamed anyone would take offence’;

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.