Mirage vs Apparition - What's the difference?
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An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, giving the appearance of there being refuge in the distance.
(figuratively) An illusion.
To cause to appear as or like a mirage.
* {{quote-book, year=1915, author=E. Phillips Oppenheim, title=Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo, chapter=, edition=
, passage=All that had been in his mind seemed suddenly miraged before him—the removal of Hunterleys, his own wife's failing health. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1901, author=A. E. W. Mason, title=Ensign Knightley and Other Stories, chapter=, edition=
, passage=The vision of a salon was miraged before her, with herself in the middle deftly manipulating the destinies of a nation. }}
An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
(astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.
Apparition is a synonym of mirage.
As nouns the difference between mirage and apparition
is that mirage is an optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, giving the appearance of there being refuge in the distance while apparition is an act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.As a verb mirage
is to cause to appear as or like a mirage.mirage
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(en noun)See also
* (Mirage) * fata morgana * illusion * optical illusionVerb
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(en noun)- The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. – .
- The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. – .
- Which apparition , it seems, was you. – Tatler.
- The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition. – .
- I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition . –