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mental imagery vs dreaming

dreaming vs mental imagery

mental imagery and dreaming both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental imagery Yes No No No
dreaming Yes No No No
As nouns, dreaming is a hyponym of mental imagery; that is, dreaming is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental imagery:
  • mental imagery: the ability to form mental images of things or events
  • dreaming: a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
Other hyponyms of mental imagery include mind's eye, vision, envisioning, picturing, dream, chimaera, chimera, evocation, make-believe, pretence, pretense.
mental imagery (noun) dreaming (noun)
the ability to form mental images of things or events a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
Difference between mental imagery and dreaming

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