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make-believe vs imaging

imaging vs make-believe

make-believe and imaging both are nouns.

make-believe is an adjective but imaging is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
make-believe Yes Yes No No
imaging Yes No No No
As nouns, imaging is a hypernym of make-believe; that is, imaging is a word with a broader meaning than make-believe:
  • make-believe: imaginative intellectual play
  • imaging: the ability to form mental images of things or events
Other hypernyms of make-believe include imagery, imagination, mental imagery.
make-believe (noun) imaging (noun)
the enactment of a pretense (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
imaginative intellectual play the ability to form mental images of things or events
make-believe (adjective) imaging (adjective)
imagined as in a play
Difference between make-believe and imaging

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