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image vs imagine

imagine vs image

image is a noun but imagine is not a noun.

image and imagine both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
image Yes No Yes No
imagine No No Yes No
As verbs, imagine is a hypernym of image; that is, imagine is a word with a broader meaning than image:
  • image: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  • imagine: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Other hypernyms of image include conceive of, envisage, ideate.
image (noun) imagine (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
an iconic mental representation
a standard or typical example
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
image (verb) imagine (verb)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind expect, believe, or suppose
render visible, as by means of MRI form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Difference between image and imagine

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