Perception vs. Expectation

Perception vs. Expectation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Perception and Expectation

Perceptionnoun

Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.

Expectationnoun

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

Perceptionnoun

Conscious understanding of something.

Expectationnoun

That which is expected or looked for.

Perceptionnoun

Vision (ability)

Expectationnoun

The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.

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Perceptionnoun

Acuity

Expectationnoun

The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.

Perceptionnoun

(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

Expectationnoun

(statistics) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.

Perceptionnoun

the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

Expectationnoun

(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.

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Perceptionnoun

a way of conceiving something;

Luther had a new perception of the Bible

Expectationnoun

The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

Perceptionnoun

the process of perceiving

Expectationnoun

belief about (or mental picture of) the future

Perceptionnoun

knowledge gained by perceiving;

a man admired for the depth of his perception

Expectationnoun

wishing with confidence of fulfillment

Perceptionnoun

becoming aware of something via the senses

Expectationnoun

the feeling that something is about to happen

Expectationnoun

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values