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Wish vs Option - What's the difference?

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Wish is a related term of option.


As nouns the difference between wish and option

is that wish is a desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen while option is option.

As a verb wish

is (label) to desire; to want.

wish

English

Noun

(es)
  • a desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen
  • an expression of such a desire etc.
  • the process of expressing or thinking about such a desire etc. (often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power(s)
  • the thing desired or longed for
    • Your dearest wish will come true.
  • * 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw)
    • "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
  • (Sussex) a water meadow.

    • Usage notes

    * Collocates with make for the common expression make a wish . See

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "wish") * death wish * best wishes * good wishes * make a wish * wishbone * wishful * wish list/wishlist/wish-list * your wish is my command

    See also

    * precatory * velleity

    Verb

    (es)
  • (label) To desire; to want.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you.
  • *
    • , passage=Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish', I ' wish he’d go away …}}
  • To hope (for a particular outcome).
  • * (John Arbuthnot) (1667-1735)
    • This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
  • * 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw)
    • Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
  • To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • I would not wish them to a fairer death.
  • * Bible, (Psalms) xl. 14
    • Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
  • To request or desire to do an activity.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • (label) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
  • * (Ben Jonson)
    • I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.

    Usage notes

    * In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the verb "wish") * as you wish * half wish * I wish * unwish * well-wisher * wisher * you wish

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    option

    English

    (wikipedia option)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the choices which can be made.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Becky Ashton , title=QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options' are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present ' options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
  • The freedom or right to choose.
  • (finance)(legal) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
  • (graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option")

    • Synonyms

    * alternative * choice * possibility * See also

    Hyponyms

    * (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset) American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant

    Derived terms

    * optionable * optional * stock option

    Related terms

    * opt * optimal * optimise, optimize * optimism * optimist * optimistic

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To purchase an option on something.
    • The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.

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