Dream vs. Desire

Dreamnoun

Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

Desireverb

To want; to wish for earnestly.

‘I desire to speak with you.’;

Dreamnoun

A hope or wish.

Desireverb

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

Dreamnoun

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

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

Desireverb

To want emotionally or sexually.

‘She has desired him since they first met.’;

Dreamverb

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

Desireverb

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

Dreamverb

(intransitive) To hope, to wish.

Desireverb

To require; to demand; to claim.

Dreamverb

(intransitive) To daydream.

‘Stop dreaming and get back to work.’;

Desireverb

To miss; to regret.

Dreamverb

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

‘I dreamed a vivid dream last night.’;

Desirenoun

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

‘It is my desire to speak with you.’; ‘You’re my heart’s desire.’;

Dreamverb

(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).

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

Desirenoun

(uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

‘His desire for her kept him awake at night.’;

Dreamadjective

ideal; perfect

Desirenoun

(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

‘Too much desire can seriously affect one’s judgment.’;

Dreamnoun

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.’;

Desirenoun

(uncountable) Motivation.

Dreamnoun

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.’;

Desireverb

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

‘Neither shall any man desire thy land.’; ‘Ye desire your child to live.’;

Dreamverb

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.

Desireverb

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

‘Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?’; ‘Desire him to go in; trouble him no more.’;

Dreamverb

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’;

Desireverb

To require; to demand; to claim.

‘A doleful case desires a doleful song.’;

Dreamverb

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’;

Desireverb

To miss; to regret.

‘She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies.’;

Dreamnoun

a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep;

‘I had a dream about you last night’;

Desirenoun

The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.

‘Unspeakable desire to see and know.’;

Dreamnoun

a cherished desire;

‘his ambition is to own his own business’;

Desirenoun

An expressed wish; a request; petition.

‘And slowly was my mother broughtTo yield consent to my desire.’;

Dreamnoun

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake;

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

Desirenoun

Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

‘The Desire of all nations shall come.’;

Dreamnoun

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

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

Desirenoun

Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

Dreamnoun

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

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

Desirenoun

Grief; regret.

Dreamnoun

someone of something wonderful;

‘this dessert is a dream’;

Desirenoun

the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

Dreamverb

have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Desirenoun

an inclination to want things;

‘a man of many desires’;

Dreamverb

experience while sleeping;

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

Desirenoun

something that is desired

Dreamnoun

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

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

Desireverb

feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

‘I want to go home now’; ‘I want my own room’;

Dreamnoun

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

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

Desireverb

expect and wish;

‘I trust you will behave better from now on’; ‘I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise’;

Dreamnoun

a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal

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

Desireverb

express a desire for

Dreamnoun

an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy

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

Desire

Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like , , or . A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires.

‘wanting’; ‘wishing’; ‘longing’; ‘craving’;

Dreamnoun

a person or thing perceived as wonderful or perfect

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

Dreamverb

experience dreams during sleep

‘I dreamed about her last night’;

Dreamverb

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

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

Dreamverb

indulge in daydreams or fantasies about something greatly desired

‘she had dreamed of a trip to America’;

Dreamverb

waste one's time in a lazy, unproductive way

‘we dreamed our lives away’;

Dreamverb

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

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

Dream

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.