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
