Mirage vs Hypnosis - 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. }}
a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility]], and in which suppressed [[memory, memories may be experienced
the art or skill of hypnotism
As nouns the difference between mirage and hypnosis
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 hypnosis is a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility]], and in which suppressed [[memory|memories may be experienced.As a verb mirage
is to cause to appear as or like a mirage.mirage
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* (Mirage) * fata morgana * illusion * optical illusionVerb
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