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Delusive vs. Chimerical — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Delusive and Chimerical

Definitions

Delusive

Tending to delude.

Chimerical

Highly improbable or illusory
"a chimerical quest for unlimited social mobility" (Jerome Karabel).

Delusive

Having the nature of a delusion; false
A delusive faith in a wonder drug.

Chimerical

Of or pertaining to a chimera.

Delusive

Producing delusions.

Chimerical

Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
A chimerical goal

Delusive

Delusional.

Chimerical

Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.

Delusive

Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.

Chimerical

(genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.

Delusive

Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.
Delusive and unsubstantial ideas.

Chimerical

Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.

Delusive

Inappropriate to reality or facts;
Delusive faith in a wonder drug
Delusive expectations
False hopes

Chimerical

Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.

Chimerical

Being or relating to or like a chimera;
His Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists

Chimerical

Produced by a wildly fanciful imagination;
His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists

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