Illusion vs. Reality — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Illusion and Reality
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Illusion
An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the human brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Although illusions distort our perception of reality, they are generally shared by most people.Illusions may occur with any of the human senses, but visual illusions (optical illusions) are the best-known and understood.
Reality
Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence.
Illusion
An erroneous perception of reality
Mirrors gave the illusion of spaciousness.
Reality
The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them
Laura was losing touch with reality
He refuses to face reality
Illusion
An erroneous concept or belief
The notion that money can buy happiness is an illusion.
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Reality
The state or quality of having existence or substance
Youth, when death has no reality
Illusion
The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief
Spent months flailing about in illusion.
Reality
The quality or state of being actual or true.
Illusion
Something that is erroneously perceived or construed
The animal in the shadows turned out to be an illusion.
Reality
One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual
"the weight of history and political realities" (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.).
Illusion
A fine transparent net fabric, used for dresses or trimmings.
Reality
The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
Illusion
(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches.
Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food.
Reality
That which exists objectively and in fact
Your observations do not seem to be about reality.
Illusion
(countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.
Reality
Relating to or being a genre of television or film in which a storyline is created by editing footage of people interacting or competing with one another in unscripted, unrehearsed situations.
Illusion
(countable) A magician’s trick.
Reality
The state of being actual or real; realness.
The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
Illusion
(uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
Reality
The real world.
Illusion
An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.
To cheat the eye with blear illusions.
Reality
A real entity, event, or other fact.
The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
Illusion
Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charming; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise!
Reality
The entirety of all that is real.
Illusion
A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.
Reality
An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
Illusion
A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
Reality
(obsolete) loyalty; devotion.
Illusion
An erroneous mental representation
Reality
; real estate.
Illusion
Something many people believe that is false;
They have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Reality
The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
Illusion
The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
Reality
That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.
And to realities yield all her shows.
My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality to me.
Illusion
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Reality
Loyalty; devotion.
To express our reality to the emperor.
Reality
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Reality
All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;
His world was shattered
We live in different worlds
For them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were
Reality
The state of being actual or real;
The reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
Reality
The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be;
Businessmen have to face harsh realities
Reality
The quality possessed by something that is real
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