Glamour vs Illusion - What's the difference?
glamour | illusion | Synonyms |
(countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
(uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
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(countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
(countable) A magician’s trick.
(uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
In countable terms the difference between glamour and illusion
is that glamour is an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance while illusion is a magician’s trick.In uncountable terms the difference between glamour and illusion
is that glamour is alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal while illusion is the state of being deceived or misled.As a verb glamour
is to enchant; to bewitch.glamour
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Alternative forms
* glamor (US) (Commonwealth-spelling widely accepted across the states.)Noun
- glamour''' magazines; a '''glamour model
Derived terms
* glamorous/glamourous * glamorously * glamour model * glamour photography * glammed up * glam rock * glamReferences
* ----illusion
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(wikipedia illusion)Noun
- We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches.
- Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food.
- You realize the sun don't go down it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round.
- Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.