Vocab Tadka : Allusion vs Illusion (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Allusion & Illusion .
ALLUSION
| 1 | (n) | passing reference or indirect mention Type: ‘noun.communication’ |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- The allusions from the diaries were understood and attributed correctly.
- The survey contains only two allusions to the commissioners taking evidence.
- The allusions in the text of the poem are designed to remind the reader of Erskine.
How to Remember : Allusion –> similar to “illusion” –> which is done by showing things not there indirectly
ILLUSION
| 1 | (n) | an erroneous mental representation Type: ‘noun.cognition’ Synonym: semblance, |
| 2 | (n) | something many people believe that is false Type: ‘noun.cognition’ Usage: ‘they have the illusion that I am very wealthy’ Synonym: fancy, fantasy, phantasy, |
| 3 | (n) | the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas Type: ‘noun.act’ Synonym: delusion, head game, |
| 4 | (n) | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers Type: ‘noun.act’ Synonym: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- Among proposed normal explanations of these phenomena that of hallucination (q.v.), including illusion as to what is seen almost amounting to hallucination, deserves careful consideration.
- In addition, the data indicate that the neural mechanisms involved in vowel identification receive an input from those responsible for the continuity illusion.
- His illusion was soon dispelled, because the aims and policy of the two potentates were utterly irreconcilable.
How to Remember : Illusion – -> i +llu..(lost)+usion(vision) –> Say your planned to do something great in future & after few months you lost your vision of doing something great …… So you started misleading people.
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