Silhouette vs Illusion - What's the difference?
silhouette | illusion |
An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
English eponyms
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(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
* 2002 , (The Flaming Lips),
(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.
As a verb silhouette
is .As a noun illusion is
.silhouette
English
(wikipedia silhouette)Noun
(en noun)- I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.
Verb
(silhouett)illusion
English
(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.