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Chimerical vs Illusive - What's the difference?

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Chimerical is a related term of illusive.


As adjectives the difference between chimerical and illusive

is that chimerical is of or pertaining to a chimera while illusive is subject to or pertaining to an illusion , often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.

chimerical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a chimera.
  • Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
  • * 1877 ,
    • "Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical , are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese."
    a chimerical goal
  • Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
  • Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.

    • Derived terms

    * chimerically

    illusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Subject to or pertaining to an illusion , often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
    • Testing software completely is an illusive goal.
  • *
    • he could not catch the illusive thing that had sadly perplexed as well as elevated his spirit.

    Usage notes

    * Often confused with elusive.

    Synonyms

    * (pertaining to an illusion) illusory

    Derived terms

    * illusively * illusiveness