Alice
What is the difference among illusion,elusion and allusion?
Feb 25, 2019 3:12 PM
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Illusion - a false image. Allusion - A reference to something. Elusion - to evade, hide, avoid. The lights were only an illusion caused by the mirror. Plato alluded to a theme of Socrates. The man eluded his pursuers.
February 25, 2019

Illusion = when your senses are deceived or you misinterpret what your senses detect or what you think they detect. 

Common example an illusion in the desert of water, caused by heat vapours. Or shinny glimmers on a  hot road that looks like mist or water in the distance. Or Illusions caused by magicians with mirrors and black curtains.

Elusion = the act of escaping or avoiding being captured.

Allusion = when somebody refers to something in a speech indirectly or covertly

Delusion = the act of believing something that is contradicted by reality. Used to describe mental disorders. 

"Thats just an illusion you see before you"

"The car thief elluded capture"

"what exactly are you alluding to, are you calling me a liar?" 

"You are a very sick deluded individual" <<- a common expression you might hear.

February 25, 2019