Daydream vs. Dream

Daydream and Dream Definitions
Daydream
A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.
Dream
A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
Daydream
To have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.
Dream
A daydream; a reverie.
Daydream
A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
Dream
A state of abstraction; a trance
Wandering around in a dream.
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Daydream
(intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
Stop daydreaming and get back to work!
Dream
A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration
A dream of owning their own business.
Daydream
A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over.
Dream
A wild fancy or unrealistic hope
He knew that playing for a professional team was only a dream.
Daydream
Absent-minded dreaming while awake
Dream
(Informal) One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful
Her boyfriend is a dream.
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Daydream
Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Dream
To experience a dream in sleep
Dreamed of meeting an old friend.
Daydream
Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake;
She looked out the window, daydreaming
Dream
To daydream
Sat there dreaming during class.
Dream
To have a deep aspiration or hope
Dreaming of a world at peace.
Dream
To regard something as feasible or practical
I wouldn't dream of skiing on icy slopes.
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Dream
To experience a dream of while asleep
Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?.
Dream
To conceive as possible; imagine
We never dreamed it would snow so much.
Dream
To have as an aspiration or hope
She dreams that she will become a pilot.
Dream
To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
Dream
Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
Have a dream
Scary dream
Vivid dream
Erotic dream
Feel like a dream
Be in a dream
Dream
(figurative) A hope or wish.
Have a dream
Fulfil a dream
Harbour a dream
Realize a dream
Dream
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
A dream of bliss
The dream of his youth
Live in a dream
Wake up from a dream
Impossible dream
Dream
(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
Dream
(intransitive) To hope, to wish.
Dream
(intransitive) To daydream.
Stop dreaming and get back to work.
Dream
(transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
I dreamed I was a superhero and flew through a fireworks show.
Dream
(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
I wouldn't dream of snubbing you in public.
Dream
Ideal; perfect.
Dream
The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.
I had a dream which was not all a dream.
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.
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.
Dream
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.
Dream
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.
Here may we sit and dreamOver the heavenly theme
They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting
Dream
To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; - often followed by an objective clause.
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
Dream
A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep;
I had a dream about you last night
Dream
A cherished desire;
His ambition is to own his own business
Dream
Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake;
He lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
Dream
A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe);
I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
Dream
A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality;
He went about his work as if in a dream
Dream
Someone of something wonderful;
This dessert is a dream
Dream
Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Dream
Experience while sleeping;
She claims to never dream
He dreamt a strange scene