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Disabuse vs Disillusion - What's the difference?

disabuse | disillusion |

In lang=en terms the difference between disabuse and disillusion

is that disabuse is to free (someone) (of) a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody) while disillusion is to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

As verbs the difference between disabuse and disillusion

is that disabuse is to free (someone) (of) a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody) while disillusion is to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

As a noun disillusion is

(countable) the act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief.

disabuse

English

Verb

(disabus)
  • To free (someone) (of) a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 140:
  • If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.

    disillusion

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
  • Derived terms

    * disillusioned * disillusionment

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief.
  • (uncountable) The state of having been or process of becoming freed of false belief.
  • Synonyms

    * (state of being or becoming free of false belief) disillusionment