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Disillusion vs Deception - What's the difference?

disillusion | deception |

As nouns the difference between disillusion and deception

is that disillusion is the act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief while deception is an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.

As a verb disillusion

is to free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

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

    deception

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.
  • Synonyms

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