Ideas vs. Values — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ideas and Values
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Ideas
Something, such as a thought or conception, that is the product of mental activity.
Values
An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
Ideas
An opinion, conviction, or principle
Has some strange political ideas.
Values
Monetary or material worth
The fluctuating value of gold and silver.
Ideas
A plan, purpose, or goal
She started school with the idea of becoming a doctor.
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Values
Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit
The value of an education.
Ideas
The gist or significance
The idea of the article is that investing in green technology can save you money in the long run.
Values
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).
Ideas
A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation
They have this idea that we can just drop what we're doing and go to the park.
Values
Precise meaning or import, as of a word.
Ideas
(Music) A theme or motif.
Values
(Mathematics) A quantity or number expressed by an algebraic term.
Ideas
In the philosophy of Plato, a non-physical form or archetype to which beings in phenomenal reality correspond only as imperfect replicas.
Values
(Music) The relative duration of a tone or rest.
Ideas
In the philosophy of Kant, a concept of reason that is transcendent but nonempirical.
Values
The relative darkness or lightness of a color. See Table at color.
Ideas
In the philosophy of Hegel, absolute truth; the complete and ultimate product of reason.
Values
(Linguistics) The sound quality of a letter or diphthong.
Ideas
(Obsolete) A mental image of something remembered.
Values
One of a series of specified values
Issued a stamp of new value.
Ideas
Plural of idea
Values
To determine or estimate the worth or value of; appraise.
Values
To regard highly; esteem
I value your advice.
Values
To rate according to relative estimate of worth or desirability; evaluate
Valued health above money.
Values
To assign a value to (a unit of currency, for example).
Values
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.
Values
Relating to or consisting of principles or standards
A value system.
Values
Inflection of value
Values
Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something);
He has very conservatives values
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