stargaze vs imagine

stargaze and imagine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stargaze	No	No	Yes	No
imagine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, imagine is a hypernym of stargaze; that is, imagine is a word with a broader meaning than stargaze:

stargaze: have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
imagine: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

Other hypernyms of stargaze include conceive of, envisage, ideate.

stargaze (verb)	imagine (verb)
have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy	expect, believe, or suppose
observe the stars	form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case