different between delusion vs apparition

English

Etymology

From Latin delusio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??l(j)u??(?)n/, /d??l(j)u?zj?n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

delusion (countable and uncountable, plural delusions)

1. A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
2. The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

Derived terms

• delusional
• delusion of grandeur

Translations

Further reading

• delusion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• insouled, unsoiled

English

Etymology

From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æp.?????n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp.????.n?/, /?æp.???.??n/

Noun

apparition (plural apparitions)

1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     the sudden apparition of the Spaniards
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
   • August 16, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 55

     […] which apparition, it seems, was you.

3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.

   The attic is haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
4. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
5. (astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.

Synonyms

• (act of becoming visible): appearance
• (a preternatural appearance): vision
• See also Thesaurus:ghost

Related terms

• apparent
• appearance

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin app?riti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pa.?i.sj??/

Noun

apparition f (plural apparitions)

1. appearance
2. ghost
3. (baseball) plate appearance

Synonyms

• (ghost): fantôme
• (plate appearance): apparition au bâton, présence, présence au bâton

Derived terms

• faire son apparition

Further reading

• “apparition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).