Visual vs. Vision

Visual vs. Vision — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Visual and Vision

Visualadjective

Related to or affecting the vision.

Visionnoun

(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.

Visualadjective

(obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

Visionnoun

(countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.

Visualnoun

Any element of something that depends on sight.

Visionnoun

(countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
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Visualnoun

An image; a picture; a graphic.

Visionnoun

Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

Visualnoun

(in the plural) All the visual elements of a multi-media presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.

Visionnoun

(countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.

Visualnoun

(advertising) A preliminary sketch.

Visionnoun

(countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
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Visualadjective

relating to or using sight;

ocular inspectionan optical illusionvisual powersvisual navigation

Visionnoun

(countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

Visualadjective

able to be seen;

be sure of it; give me the ocular proofa visual presentationa visual image

Visionnoun

(uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

Visionverb

(transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.

Visionverb

(transitive) To present as in a vision.

Visionverb

(transitive) To provide with a vision.

Visionnoun

a vivid mental image;

he had a vision of his own death

Visionnoun

the ability to see; the faculty of vision

Visionnoun

the perceptual experience of seeing;

the runners emerged from the trees into his clear visionhe had a visual sensation of intense light

Visionnoun

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

popular imagination created a world of demonsimagination reveals what the world could be

Visionnoun

a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance;

he had a vision of the Virgin Mary