Feigned vs Illusory - What's the difference?
feigned | illusory | Related terms |
Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
(feign)
Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal
Feigned is a related term of illusory.
As adjectives the difference between feigned and illusory
is that feigned is being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent while illusory is resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.As a verb feigned
is (feign).feigned
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Adjective
(-)- 1841' ''"I have passed my word," said Jowl with '''feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"'' — Charles Dickens, ''The Old Curiosity Shop ,
Chapter 9.
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* feedingillusory
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Enron's profits were all illusory .