Vista vs. Panorama — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Vista and Panorama
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Vista
A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
Panorama
A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "sight") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images or a three-dimensional model. The word was originally coined in the 18th century by the English (Irish descent) painter Robert Barker to describe his panoramic paintings of Edinburgh and London.
Vista
An avenue or other passage affording such a view.
Panorama
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
Vista
An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view
"the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up" (Arthur C. Danto).
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Panorama
A comprehensive presentation; a survey
A panorama of American literature.
Vista
A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
Panorama
A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator.
Vista
A site offering such a view.
Panorama
A mental vision of a series of events.
Vista
(figuratively) A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.
A vista of pleasure to come
Dim vistas of the past
Panorama
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
Vista
(transitive) To make a vista or landscape of.
Panorama
A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
Vista
A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.
The finished garden to the viewIts vistas opens, and its alleys green.
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.
The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window.
Panorama
(figuratively) A comprehensive survey.
Vista
The visual percept of a region;
The most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Panorama
A complete view in every direction.
Panorama
A comprehensive survey of a particular topic; also, a broad view of the development of a series of events.
Panorama
A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.
Panorama
A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.
Panorama
The visual percept of a region;
The most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Panorama
A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
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