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Delirious vs Hallucination - What's the difference?

delirious | hallucination |

As an adjective delirious

is (symptom) being in the state of delirium.

As a noun hallucination is

a sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.

delirious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (symptom) Being in the state of delirium.
  • Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic.

    • hallucination

    English

    (wikipedia hallucination)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.
  • :* Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. -
  • The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
  • :* This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. -