different between delusion vs mirage

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

Borrowed from French mirage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?????d?/
• IPA^(key): /m??????/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

mirage (plural mirages)

1. An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.

   Hypernym: optical illusion

   Hyponym: Fata Morgana

2. (figuratively) An illusion.

Translations

Verb

mirage (third-person singular simple present mirages, present participle miraging, simple past and past participle miraged)

1. (transitive) To cause to appear as or like a mirage.

Further reading

• mirage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Margie, gamier, imager, maigre

French

Etymology

mirer +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.?a?/

Noun

mirage m (plural mirages)

1. mirage

Descendants

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• émigra
• gémira
• germai
• maigre