Ideal vs. Value — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ideal and Value
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Ideal
Satisfying one's conception of what is perfect; most suitable
This is an ideal opportunity to save money
The swimming pool is ideal for a quick dip
Value
An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
Ideal
Existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality
In an ideal world, we might have made a different decision
Value
Monetary or material worth
The fluctuating value of gold and silver.
Ideal
A person or thing regarded as perfect
You're my ideal of how a man should be
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Value
Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit
The value of an education.
Ideal
A conception of something in its absolute perfection
The ideal of national unity.
Value
Often values A principle or standard, as of behavior, that is considered important or desirable
"The speech was a summons back to the patrician values of restraint and responsibility" (Jonathan Alter).
Ideal
One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence
The restaurant is considered the ideal in fine dining.
Value
Precise meaning or import, as of a word.
Ideal
An ultimate or worthy object of endeavor; a goal
"those who regarded even a rhetorical commitment to the ideal of disarmament as irresponsibly utopian" (James Carroll).
Value
(Mathematics) A quantity or number expressed by an algebraic term.
Ideal
Conforming to a standard of perfection or excellence; perfect or highly satisfactory
An ideal work environment.
Value
(Music) The relative duration of a tone or rest.
Ideal
Existing only in the mind; imaginary
An ideal world where everything works out fine.
Value
The relative darkness or lightness of a color. See Table at color.
Ideal
Lacking practicality or the possibility of realization
An ideal notion of how businesses are run.
Value
(Linguistics) The sound quality of a letter or diphthong.
Ideal
Existing as an archetype or pattern, especially as a Platonic idea or perception
The ideal forms.
Value
One of a series of specified values
Issued a stamp of new value.
Ideal
Of or relating to idealism.
Value
To determine or estimate the worth or value of; appraise.
Ideal
Optimal; being the best possibility.
Value
To regard highly; esteem
I value your advice.
Ideal
Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
Value
To rate according to relative estimate of worth or desirability; evaluate
Valued health above money.
Ideal
Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
Value
To assign a value to (a unit of currency, for example).
Ideal
Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
Value
Of or relating to the practice of investing in individual securities that, according to some fundamental measure, such as book value, appear to be relatively less expensive than comparable securities.
Ideal
Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
The ideal theory or philosophy
Value
Relating to or consisting of principles or standards
A value system.
Ideal
(mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
Ideal point
An ideal triangle in the hyperbolic disk is one bounded by three geodesics that meet precisely on the circle.
Value
The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.
Ideal
A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny - Carl Schurz
Value
(uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
Ideal
A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.
Let be the ring of integers and let be its ideal of even integers. Then the quotient ring is a Boolean ring.
The product of two ideals and is an ideal which is a subset of the intersection of and . This should help to understand why maximal ideals are prime ideals. Likewise, the union of and is a subset of .
Value
That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
He does not share his parents' values.
Family values
Ideal
A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
Value
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
Ideal
(set theory) A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
Formally, an ideal of a given set is a nonempty subset of the powerset such that: , and .
Value
(music) The relative duration of a musical note.
The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.
Ideal
A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.
Value
(arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
Ideal
(algebra) A subsemigroup with the property that if any semigroup element outside of it is added to any one of its members, the result must lie outside of it.
The set of natural numbers with multiplication as the monoid operation (instead of addition) has multiplicative ideals, such as, for example, the set {1, 3, 9, 27, 81, ...}. If any member of it is multiplied by a number which is not a power of 3 then the result will not be a power of three.
Value
Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.
Ideal
Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
Value
Precise meaning; import.
The value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
Ideal
Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.
There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence.
Value
(in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
The vein carries good values.
The values on the hanging walls
Ideal
Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
Value
(obsolete) Esteem; regard.
Ideal
Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
Value
(obsolete) Valour; also spelled valew.
Ideal
Imaginary.
Value
To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.
Ideal
A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is the ideal of the beauty and proportion of the human frame.
Value
To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
Ideal
The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
Value
To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
Gold was valued highly among the Romans.
Ideal
Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
Value
To hold dear.
I value these old photographs.
Ideal
Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
Value
The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.
Ye are all physicians of no value.
Ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Cæsar is well acquainted with your virtue,And therefore sets this value on your life.
Before events shall have decided on the value of the measures.
Ideal
Constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception;
A poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content
Value
Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.
An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value.
Value is the power to command commodities generally.
Value is the generic term which expresses power in exchange.
His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.
Ideal
Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
Value
Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
Value
Esteem; regard.
My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great
Value
The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [ ] has the value of two eighth notes [ ].
Value
In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; - often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.
Value
Valor.
Value
That property of a color by which it is distinguished as bright or dark; luminosity.
Value
Any particular quantitative determination; as, a function's value for some special value of its argument.
Value
The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treatment from any mass or compound; specif., the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, or the like; as, the vein carries good values; the values on the hanging walls.
Value
To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.
The mind doth value every moment.
The queen is valued thirty thousand strong.
The king must take it ill,That he's so slightly valued in his messenger.
Neither of them valued their promises according to rules of honor or integrity.
Value
To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.
Which of the dukes he values most.
Value
To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.
Some value themselves to their country by jealousies of the crown.
Value
To be worth; to be equal to in value.
The peace between the French and us not valuesThe cost that did conclude it.
Value
A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed;
The value assigned was 16 milliseconds
Value
The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable;
The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world
Value
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else;
He tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices
Value
Relative darkness or lightness of a color;
I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light
Value
(music) the relative duration of a musical note
Value
An ideal accepted by some individual or group;
He has old-fashioned values
Value
Fix or determine the value of; assign a value to;
Value the jewelry and art work in the estate
Value
Hold dear;
I prize these old photographs
Value
Regard highly; think much of;
I respect his judgement
We prize his creativity
Value
Place a value on; judge the worth of something;
I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
Value
Estimate the value of;
How would you rate his chances to become President?
Gold was rated highly among the Romans
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