念can be either a noun or a verb. When its used as a noun, it shows up as a phrase l, like 念想( a thought,sometimes also a wish)，一念之差。 e.g:周游世界是我的从小就有的念想。 Traveling around the world is my wish since i was a kid. 犯不犯罪，有时候只是一念之差。 committing crime or not, sometime it's just like a decision made in a moment of ill. When its used as a verb, means 1. miss somebody. 我开始想念他了。（with 想） 2.for...'s sake. 我念在你妈妈的份上，这次就原谅你了。 （念....的份上） 想：verb , to think . 念cant be replaced by 想 in the situations as I mentioned above. 想is more about to think about, to consider. e.g: 我想他应该快回来了。It's wrong to say:我念他快回来了。

除了共同点，还是有些区别的。 念有些 思念 想念的感觉。 而 想，范围就很大，如果单说想念，他们是一样的~ 初学者来说，不要分的那么详细，后续加深，可以再深入学习！

The salient difference between each other is that 想 is prone to be used as a verb, while 念 both verb and noun. As a verb, 念 is to miss <e.g.> We miss you very much. 我們老(/lao3/: always) 念着你. In the sentence, 念 and 想 are interchangeable, not to mention you can use 想念 in the context. But 想 carries meanings much more than to miss. You can think over a problem(想個問題), find a way out (想辦法), recall the past event (想過去), and even make a prediction (I don't think he'll be coming today, 我想他今天不會來).

https://name.longwin.com.tw/twcn.php 如果需要繁體字轉簡體字,請到上面的網站 If you need to change to Simplified Chinese, please go to the above website 念〈名詞〉：想法;念頭 [idea;thought] 念這個字是由「今」＋「心」：指現在now(當下at the moment)心裡的念頭 the thoughts of the present Think about how everything comes to pass.　 心念(心意識)是一種心理活動，Mindfulness is a kind of psychological activity. 它實際上只是心念，一種思想，一種內心的活動，只存在於每個人的心理上。 It is actually just a mind, an idea, an inner activity, only exists in Everyone's psychologically. 例如:概念;觀念;信念;雜念;邪念 例如: “Mindful” of the poor road conditions, she reduced her speed to 30 mph. 她“一想到”awareness(她意識到)『當下(at the moment)心裡的念頭發現到』路況很差，她馬上將時速減到30英里。 想〈動詞〉 意思～～ 　　1.是:動腦筋Brainstorming、思索thinking; 例如:感想。思想。想法。想象。 2.推測，認為：想必。想見（由推想而知道）。 to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain 3. 希望，打算：休想。理想。 例如:你休想走出這個門。(你別想,別打算走出這個門)Don't think about getting out of this door. 　　4. 懷念，惦記：想念。朝思暮想。 例如:他是我朝思暮想的女孩。She is the one that I fancy! She is always on my mind. 　　5. 像：雲想衣裳,花想容。

想念 is something we would say. Both of 想 and 想念 mean exactly the same thing (miss). The 念 by itself doesn't make any sense to me. It should be followed with other word. I hope this helps!