spectacle vs vision

spectacle

noun
  • An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc. 

  • An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation. 

  • 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. 

  • The brille of a snake. 

  • An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light. 

vision

noun
  • A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance. 

  • Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. 

  • An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires. 

  • Pre-recorded film or tape; footage. 

  • Something seen; an object perceived visually. 

  • Something imaginary one thinks one sees. 

  • The sense or ability of sight. 

  • A person or thing of extraordinary beauty. 

verb
  • To imagine something as if it were to be true. 

  • To present as in a vision. 

  • To provide with a vision. 

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