different between vision vs spectacle

English

Etymology

From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin v?si? (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb vide? (“I see”) + action noun suffix -i?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?zh'?n, IPA^(key): /?v?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)

1. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
2. (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
   • , [Act I, scene ii]:

     […] For to a Vi?ion ?o apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute […]
3. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
4. (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
5. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

6. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

7. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
8. (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

Synonyms

• (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
• (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
• (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)

1. (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
2. (transitive) To present as in a vision.
3. (transitive) To provide with a vision. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (imagine): envision

Derived terms

• envision
• prevision

Anagrams

• Voisin, inviso

Finnish

Noun

vision

1. Genitive singular form of visio.

Anagrams

• voisin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?si?, from vide? (whence voir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.zj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: visions

Noun

vision f (plural visions)

1. vision, sight

Synonyms

• (ability to see): vue

Derived terms

• champ de vision
• télévision
• visible
• vision centrale
• vision périphérique
• visionnaire
• visionner

Further reading

• “vision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• voisin

Middle English

Noun

vision

1. Alternative form of visioun

Old French

Alternative forms

• visioun, visiun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?si?.

Noun

vision f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions)

1. vision (supernatural sensory experience)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (vision, supplement)
• visiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• visiun

Etymology

From Latin v?si?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?zju?/

Noun

vision f (plural vision)

1. vision

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v???u?n/

Noun

vision c

1. vision; something imaginary
2. vision; a (grand) goal or idea

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English spectacle, from French spectacle, from Latin spect?culum (“a show, spectacle”), from spect? (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speci? (“to see”). See species.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?kt?kl?/
• Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle

Noun

spectacle (plural spectacles)

1. An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.

2. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.

3. (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light.
4. (figuratively) Something that helps understanding.

   • Povert' a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friendes see.

5. (obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
6. The brille of a snake.
7. (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

Synonyms

• (exciting event): show; pageant
• (optical instrument): glasses, eyeglasses, specs

Derived terms

• bespectacled
• counterspectacle
• make a public spectacle of oneself
• make a spectacle of oneself
• spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
• superspectacle

Related terms

• species
• spectacular
• speculate

Translations

Further reading

• spectacle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Railway semaphore signal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin spectaculum, from spectare (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?k.takl/
• Hyphenation: spec?ta?cle

Noun

spectacle m (plural spectacles)

1. a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert

2. a sight, a showing, a display

Derived terms

• se donner en spectacle

Descendants

• ? Czech: spektákl
• ? Polish: spektakl

Further reading

• “spectacle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).