Daydream vs. Delusion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Daydream and Delusion
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Daydream
Daydreaming is the stream of consciousness that detaches from current, external tasks when attention drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which participants spend 47% of their waking time on average on daydreaming.
Delusion
A delusion is a fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, or some other misleading effects of perception as individuals with these beliefs are able to change or readjust their beliefs upon viewing the evidence for these beliefs.
Daydream
A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.
Delusion
An idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder
The delusion of being watched
Daydream
To have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.
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Delusion
The act or process of deluding.
Daydream
A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
Delusion
The state of being deluded.
Daydream
(intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
Stop daydreaming and get back to work!
Delusion
A false belief or opinion
Labored under the delusion that success was at hand.
Daydream
A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over.
Delusion
(Psychiatry) A false belief or perception that is a manifestation of a mental illness
Delusions of persecution.
Daydream
Absent-minded dreaming while awake
Delusion
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
Daydream
Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Delusion
The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Daydream
Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake;
She looked out the window, daydreaming
Delusion
That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Delusion
A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
Delusion
The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Delusion
The state of being deluded or misled.
Delusion
That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone.
Delusion
(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
Delusion
A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea;
He has delusions of competence
His dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination
Delusion
The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
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