Specious vs Illusory - What's the difference?
specious | illusory | Related terms |
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal
Specious is a related term of illusory.
As adjectives the difference between specious and illusory
is that specious is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious while illusory is resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.specious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.
Synonyms
* fallacious, insincere * (with appearance intended to generate a favorable response) meretriciousDerived terms
* speciosity * speciously * speciousnessAnagrams
*illusory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Enron's profits were all illusory .