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Hallucinatory vs Illusory - What's the difference?

hallucinatory | illusory |

As adjectives the difference between hallucinatory and illusory

is that hallucinatory is partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination while illusory is resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.

hallucinatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination

    • illusory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal
    • Enron's profits were all illusory .

    Related terms

    * illusion * illusionary * illusive