Heart vs. Mind — What's the Difference?

A muscular organ that pumps blood.

The element of a person that enables thinking, perceiving, and consciousness.

Courage or enthusiasm.

A person's memory or ability to remember.

Compassion or kindness.

A person's mental state or mood.

The heart is a muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs.

The mind is the set of faculties responsible for mental phenomena. Often the term is also identified with the phenomena themselves.

A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.

The faculty of a human or other animal by which it thinks, perceives, feels, remembers, or desires

The central or innermost part of something

A person of great mental ability

A conventional representation of a heart with two equal curves meeting at a point at the bottom and a cusp at the top.

Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection

The condition of agricultural land as regards fertility

Opinion or sentiment

Like very much; love

Desire or inclination

The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.

Focus of thought; attention

A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.

A healthy mental state; sanity

The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

The thought processes characteristic of a person or group; psychological makeup

The vital center and source of one's being, emotions, and sensibilities.

(Philosophy) The phenomena of intelligence, cognition, or consciousness, regarded as a material or immaterial aspect of reality.

The repository of one's deepest and sincerest feelings and beliefs

To pay attention to

The seat of the intellect or imagination

To be careful about

Emotional constitution, basic disposition, or character

To heed in order to obey

One's prevailing mood or current inclination

To take care or charge of; look after

Capacity for sympathy or generosity; compassion

The capability for rational thought.

Love; affection

The ability to be aware of things.

Courage; resolution; fortitude

The ability to remember things.

The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility

The ability to focus the thoughts.

A person esteemed or admired as lovable, loyal, or courageous

Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.

The central or innermost physical part of a place or region

Judgment, opinion, or view.

The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable, such as a heart of palm.

Desire, inclination, or intention.

The most important or essential part

A healthy mental state.

A conventional two-lobed representation of the heart, usually colored red or pink.

(philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.

A red, heart-shaped figure on certain playing cards.

Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.

A playing card with this figure.

(uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.

Hearts (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.

To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.

A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.

To remember.

(Slang) To have great liking or affection for

To remind; put one's mind on.

(Archaic) To encourage; hearten.

To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.

(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.

(uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.

To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).

The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.

Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.

To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.

Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

To be careful about.

(archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

To purpose, intend, plan.

Memory.

Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.

(figurative) A wight or being.

(originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; - often in distinction from the body.

A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.

The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state;

(cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.

Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.

(figurative) The centre, essence, or core.

Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.

To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.

Courage; spirit.

To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.

To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.

To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.

To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.

To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.

To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

To have in mind; to purpose.

The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; - usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.

To put in mind; to remind.

The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc.

To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well.

Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.

That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;

Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

Recall or remembrance;

That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, - used as a symbol or representative of the heart.

An opinion formed by judging something;

One of the suits of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.

An important intellectual;

Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.

Attention;

A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

Your intention; what you intend to do;

To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.

Knowledge and intellectual ability;

To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.

Be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by;

The locus of feelings and intuitions;

Be concerned with or about something or somebody

The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body;

Be in charge of or deal with;

The courage to carry on;

Pay close attention to; give heed to;

An area that is approximately central within some larger region;

Be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to;

The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

Keep in mind

An inclination or tendency of a certain kind;

One's opinion, desire, or will.

A plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines;

The intellect or cognitive faculties.

A firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal);

A positive feeling of liking;

A playing card in the major suit of hearts;

The central or core part.

One's mood or feeling.

No, the heart is primarily an organ, but it has become a symbol of emotion in language and culture.

It varies by individual and situation. Some decisions are emotional (heart), others logical (mind).

While related, the mind involves cognition, consciousness, and perception, whereas the brain is the physical organ.

Yes, many believe achieving harmony between emotions and thoughts is beneficial for well-being.

It's a way to advise someone to consider their feelings or instincts about a situation.

Yes, through practices like meditation, education, and cognitive exercises, one can train the mind.

While similar, a "change of heart" often implies an emotional shift, while "change of mind" is more about opinion or decision.

Different cultures emphasize heart and mind differently, reflecting varied worldviews and values.

While the heart has symbolic importance, emotions are primarily processed in the brain.