phantasmagoria

As nouns the difference between phantasmagoria and chimera

is that phantasmagoria is a popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed; a magic lantern while chimera is chimera.

As nouns the difference between phantasmagoria and hallucination

is that phantasmagoria is a popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed; a magic lantern while hallucination is a sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and phantasmagoria

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while phantasmagoria is a popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed; a magic lantern.