Disappointment vs. Disillusionment — What's the Difference?

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person who feels regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself.

To free or deprive of illusion.

The act of disappointing.

The act of disenchanting.

The condition or feeling of being disappointed.

The condition or fact of being disenchanted.

One that disappoints.

A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.

(uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.

The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.

(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

(countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.

Freeing from false belief or illusions

The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.

That which disappoints.

A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized;

An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone