Vision vs. Mission

Vision vs. Mission — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Vision and Mission

Visionnoun

The faculty of sight; eyesight

poor vision.

Missionnoun

A special assignment given to a person or group

an agent on a secret mission.

Visionnoun

Something that is or has been seen.

Missionnoun

A combat operation assigned to a person or military unit.

Visionnoun

Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight

a leader of vision.

Missionnoun

An aerospace operation intended to carry out specific program objectives

a mission to Mars.
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Visionnoun

The manner in which one sees or conceives of something.

Missionnoun

An ambition or purpose that is assumed by a person or group

felt it was his mission in life to help the poor.

Visionnoun

A mental image produced by the imagination.

Missionnoun

A body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or establish relations with a foreign country.

Visionnoun

The mystical experience of seeing something that is not in fact present to the eye or is supernatural.

Missionnoun

The business with which such a body of persons is charged.

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Visionnoun

A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

Missionnoun

A permanent diplomatic office abroad.

Visionverb

To see in a vision.

Missionnoun

A body of experts or dignitaries sent to a foreign country.

Visionverb

To picture in the mind; envision.

Missionnoun

A body of persons sent to a foreign land by a religious organization, especially a Christian organization, to spread its faith or provide educational, medical, and other assistance.

Visionnoun

(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.

Missionnoun

A mission established abroad.

Visionnoun

(countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.

Missionnoun

The district assigned to a mission worker.

Visionnoun

(countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.

Missionnoun

A building or compound housing a mission.

Visionnoun

Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

Missionnoun

An organization for carrying on missionary work in a territory.

Visionnoun

(countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.

Missionnoun

missions Missionary duty or work.

Visionnoun

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

He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.

Missionnoun

A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.

Visionnoun

(countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

Missionnoun

A welfare or educational organization established for the needy people of a district.

Visionnoun

(uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

Missionverb

To send (someone) on a mission.

Visionverb

(transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.

Missionverb

To organize or establish a religious mission among (a people) or in (an area).

Visionverb

(transitive) To present as in a vision.

Missionadjective

Of or relating to a mission.

Visionverb

(transitive) To provide with a vision.

Missionadjective

Of or relating to a style of architecture or furniture used in the early Spanish missions of California.

Visionnoun

a vivid mental image;

he had a vision of his own death

Missionadjective

often Mission Of or relating to a furniture style originating during the Arts and Crafts Movement and characterized by sturdy, angular, solid wood construction.

Visionnoun

the ability to see; the faculty of vision

Missionnoun

(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.

Visionnoun

the perceptual experience of seeing;

the runners emerged from the trees into his clear visionhe had a visual sensation of intense light

Missionnoun

(uncountable) Religious evangelism.

Visionnoun

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;

popular imagination created a world of demonsimagination reveals what the world could be

Missionnoun

(in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.

Visionnoun

a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance;

he had a vision of the Virgin Mary

Missionnoun

(countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.

Missionnoun

A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.

Missionnoun

(obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service

Missionnoun

A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.

Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.

Missionverb

(transitive) To send on a mission.

Missionverb

do missionary work, proselytize

Missionnoun

an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

Missionnoun

an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters;

the planes were on a bombing mission

Missionnoun

a special assignment that is given to a person or group;

a confidential mission to Londonhis charge was deliver a message

Missionnoun

the organized work of a religious missionary

Missionnoun

a group of representatives or delegates