Dream vs. Way — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dream and Way
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Definitions
Dream
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and function of dreams are not fully understood, although they have been a topic of scientific, philosophical and religious interest throughout recorded history.
Way
A road, path, or highway affording passage from one place to another.
Dream
A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights
Way
An opening affording passage
This door is the only way into the attic.
Dream
A cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal
I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion
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Way
Space to proceed
Cleared the way for the parade.
Dream
Experience dreams during sleep
I dreamed about her last night
Way
Opportunity to advance
Opened the way to peace.
Dream
Indulge in daydreams or fantasies about something greatly desired
She had dreamed of a trip to America
Way
A course that is or may be used in going from one place to another
Tried to find the shortest way home.
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Dream
Contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case
I wouldn't dream of foisting myself on you
I never dreamed anyone would take offence
Way
Progress or travel along a certain route or in a specific direction
On her way north.
Dream
A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
Way
Often ways (Used with a sing. verb) Informal Distance
The travelers have come a long way. That village is a good ways off.
Dream
A daydream; a reverie.
Way
A course of conduct or action
Tried to take the easy way out of the mess he was in.
Dream
A state of abstraction; a trance
Wandering around in a dream.
Way
A manner or method of doing something
Several ways of solving this problem.
Had no way to reach her.
Dream
A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration
A dream of owning their own business.
Way
Used with a personal pronoun as the object of various verbs to indicate progress toward an objective
Elbowed his way through the crowd.
Talked my way into the club.
Worked his way into a better job.
Dream
A wild fancy or unrealistic hope
He knew that playing for a professional team was only a dream.
Way
A usual or habitual manner or mode of being, living, or acting
The American way of life.
Dream
(Informal) One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful
Her boyfriend is a dream.
Way
An individual or personal manner of behaving, acting, or doing
Have it your own way.
Dream
To experience a dream in sleep
Dreamed of meeting an old friend.
Way
A specific direction
He glanced my way.
Dream
To daydream
Sat there dreaming during class.
Way
A participant. Often used in combination
A three-way conversation.
Dream
To have a deep aspiration or hope
Dreaming of a world at peace.
Way
An aspect, particular, or feature
Resembles his father in many ways.
In no way comparable.
Dream
To regard something as feasible or practical
I wouldn't dream of skiing on icy slopes.
Way
Nature or category
Not much in the way of a plot.
Dream
To experience a dream of while asleep
Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?.
Way
Freedom to do as one wishes
If I had my way.
Dream
To conceive as possible; imagine
We never dreamed it would snow so much.
Way
An aptitude or facility
She certainly does have a way with words.
Dream
To have as an aspiration or hope
She dreams that she will become a pilot.
Way
A state or condition
He is in a bad way financially.
Dream
To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
Way
Vicinity
Drop in when you're out our way.
Dream
Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
Have a dream
Scary dream
Vivid dream
Erotic dream
Feel like a dream
Be in a dream
Way
Often ways A longitudinal strip on a surface that serves to guide a moving machine part.
Dream
(figurative) A hope or wish.
Have a dream
Fulfil a dream
Harbour a dream
Realize a dream
Way
Ways (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Nautical The structure on which a ship is built and from which it slides when launched.
Dream
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
A dream of bliss
The dream of his youth
Live in a dream
Wake up from a dream
Impossible dream
Way
(Informal) By a great distance or to a great degree; far
Way off base.
Way too expensive.
Dream
(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
Way
(Slang) Very; extremely
"Can they really make a car that's way cool?" (Fortune).
Dream
(intransitive) To hope, to wish.
Way
(Informal) From this place; away
Go way.
Dream
(intransitive) To daydream.
Stop dreaming and get back to work.
Way
(Informal) Used in response to no way to indicate affirmation contradicting a negative assertion.
Dream
(transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
I dreamed I was a superhero and flew through a fireworks show.
Way
(heading) To do with a place or places.
Dream
(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
I wouldn't dream of snubbing you in public.
Way
A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
Do you know the way to the airport?
Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.
It's a long way from here.
Dream
Ideal; perfect.
Way
A means to enter or leave a place.
We got into the cinema through the back way.
Dream
The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.
I had a dream which was not all a dream.
Way
A roughly-defined geographical area.
If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
Dream
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; - in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream.
It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose.
Way
A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
You're going about it the wrong way.
He's known for his quirky ways.
I don't like the way she looks at me.
Dream
To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; - often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
Way
A state or condition
When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
Dream
To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
Here may we sit and dreamOver the heavenly theme
They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting
Way
(heading) Personal interaction.
Dream
To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; - often followed by an objective clause.
Your old men shall dream dreams
At length in sleep their bodies they compose,And dreamt the future fight
And still they dream that they shall still succeed
Way
Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
Dream
A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep;
I had a dream about you last night
Way
Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
Dream
A cherished desire;
His ambition is to own his own business
Way
(Germanic paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
Dream
Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake;
He lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
Way
Speed, progress, momentum.
Dream
A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe);
I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
Way
A degree, an amount, a sense.
In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
Dream
A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality;
He went about his work as if in a dream
Way
Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
Way to ruin the moment, guys.
Dream
Someone of something wonderful;
This dessert is a dream
Way
(plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
Dream
Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Way
(plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
Dream
Experience while sleeping;
She claims to never dream
He dreamt a strange scene
Way
The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
Way
Yes; it is true; it is possible
Yes way
Way
(obsolete) To travel.
Way
Much.
I'm way too tired to do that.
I'm a way better singer than Emma.
Way
Very.
I'm way tired.
String theory is way cool, except for the math.
Way
(informal) Far.
I used to live way over there.
The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
Way
Away.
Way
That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
Way
Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
And whenever the way seemed long,Or his heart began to fail.
Way
A moving; passage; procession; journey.
I prythee, now, lead the way.
Way
Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
If that way be your walk, you have not far.
And let eternal justice take the way.
Way
The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
My best way is to creep under his gaberdine.
By noble ways we conquest will prepare.
What impious ways my wishes took!
Way
Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
Way
Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
When men lived in a grander way.
Way
Sphere or scope of observation.
The public ministers that fell in my way.
Way
Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
Way
Progress; as, a ship has way.
Way
The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
Way
Right of way. See below.
All keep the broad highway, and take delightWith many rather for to go astray.
There is but one road by which to climb up.
When nightDarkens the streets, then wander forth the sonsOf Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Way
To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
Way
To move; to progress; to go.
On a time as they together wayed.
Way
How something is done or how it happens;
Her dignified manner
His rapid manner of talking
Their nomadic mode of existence
In the characteristic New York style
A lonely way of life
In an abrasive fashion
Way
How a result is obtained or an end is achieved;
A means of control
An example is the best agency of instruction
The true way to success
Way
A journey or passage;
They are on the way
Way
The condition of things generally;
That's the way it is
I felt the same way
Way
A course of conduct;
The path of virtue
We went our separate ways
Our paths in life led us apart
Genius usually follows a revolutionary path
Way
Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another;
He said he was looking for the way out
Way
A line leading to a place or point;
He looked the other direction
Didn't know the way home
Way
The property of distance in general;
It's a long way to Moscow
He went a long ways
Way
Doing as one pleases or chooses;
If I had my way
Way
A general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of';
They didn't have much in the way of clothing
Way
Space for movement;
Room to pass
Make way for
Hardly enough elbow room to turn around
Way
A portion of something divided into shares;
The split the loot three ways
Way
To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States);
Way over budget
Way off base
The other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on
