Visage vs Mirage - What's the difference?
visage | mirage |
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. }}
As nouns the difference between visage and mirage
is that visage is (ugly) face while 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.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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