different between illusion vs apparition
illusion
English
Etymology
From Old French illusion, from Latin ill?si?, from ill?dere, from in- (“at, upon”) + l?dere (“to play, mock, trick”). Displaced native Old English dwimmer.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l(j)u??(?)n/
- (General American) enPR: ?-lo?o'zh?n, IPA(key): [??lu?.??n]
- (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /??l(j)u?zj(?)n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
illusion (countable and uncountable, plural illusions)
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
Synonyms
- (that seems to be something it is not): mirage, phantom
- (a belief in something untrue; the state of being misled): delusion
- (a belief in something untrue): misapprehension, misbelief, misconception
Derived terms
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From French illusion, from Latin ill?sio.
Noun
illusion c (singular definite illusionen, plural indefinite illusioner)
- illusion
Inflection
Further reading
- “illusion” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ly.zj??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: illusions
Noun
illusion f (plural illusions)
- illusion
Related terms
- illusoire
- illusoirement
Descendants
- ? Danish: illusion
Further reading
- “illusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???u?n/
Noun
illusion c
- an illusion
Declension
Related terms
- illusorisk
See also
- illustration
- illustrera
- synvilla
- trick
illusion From the web:
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apparition
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)
- 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
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- 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.
- August 16, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 55
- 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.
- (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
- (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)
- appearance
- ghost
- (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).
apparition From the web:
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- what apparitions appear to macbeth
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- what apparition mean
- what apparition says to beware macduff
- what apparition angers macbeth why
- why do the apparitions appear in macbeth
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