Hope vs. Optimism
Difference Between Hope and Optimism
Hope➦
Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish a desire with anticipation."Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness, and despair.
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Optimism➦
Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass filled with water to the halfway point: an optimist is said to see the glass as half full, while a pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
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Hope➦
To wish for a particular event that one considers possible
We are hoping for more financial support.
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Optimism➦
A tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation.
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Hope➦
(Archaic) To have confidence; trust.
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Optimism➦
The doctrine, asserted by Leibniz, that this world is the best of all possible worlds.
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Hope➦
To desire and consider possible
I hope that you will join us for dinner. We hope to buy a house in the spring.
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Optimism➦
The belief that the universe is improving and that good will ultimately triumph over evil.
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Hope➦
The longing or desire for something accompanied by the belief in the possibility of its occurrence
He took singing lessons in the hope of performing in the musical.
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Optimism➦
a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.
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Hope➦
An instance of such longing or desire
Her hopes of becoming a doctor have not changed.
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Optimism➦
the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
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Hope➦
A source of or reason for such longing or desire
Good pitching is the team's only hope for victory.
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Optimism➦
the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil
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Hope➦
often Hope(Christianity) The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.
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Optimism➦
The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.
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Hope➦
(Archaic) Trust; confidence.
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Optimism➦
A habitual tendency or a present disposition to take the most hopeful view of future events, and to expect a favorable outcome even when unfavorable outcomes are possible; - opposed to pessimism.
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Hope➦
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
I hope everyone enjoyed the meal.
I am still hoping that all will turn out well.
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Optimism➦
the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well
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Hope➦
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
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Optimism➦
a general disposition to expect the best in all things
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Hope➦
(intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
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Hope➦
To wish.
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Hope➦
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
I still have some hope that I can get to work on time.
After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.
There is still hope that we can find our missing cat.
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Hope➦
(countable) The actual thing wished for.
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Hope➦
(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.
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Hope➦
The virtuous desire for future good.
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Hope➦
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
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Hope➦
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
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Hope➦
(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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Hope➦
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
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Hope➦
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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Hope➦
A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
He wished, but not with hope.
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
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Hope➦
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
The Lord will be the hope of his people.
A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable.
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Hope➦
That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Lavina is thine elder brother's hope.
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Hope➦
To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; - usually followed by for.
But I will hope continually.
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Hope➦
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
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Hope➦
To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
We hope no other from your majesty.
[Charity] hopeth all things.
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Hope➦
To expect; to fear.
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Hope➦
a specific instance of feeling hopeful;
it revived their hope of winning the pennant
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Hope➦
the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;
in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
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Hope➦
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
there is little or no promise that he will recover
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Hope➦
someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;
he was their best hope for a victory
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Hope➦
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903)
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Hope➦
one of the three Christian virtues
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Hope➦
expect and wish;
I trust you will behave better from now on
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
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Hope➦
be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes;
I am still hoping that all will turn out well
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Hope➦
intend with some possibility of fulfilment;
I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening
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