dissimulation vs illusion

illusion vs dissimulation

dissimulation and illusion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dissimulation	Yes	No	No	No
illusion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, illusion is a hyponym of dissimulation; that is, illusion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dissimulation:

dissimulation: the act of deceiving
illusion: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

Other hyponyms of dissimulation include fakery, indirection, chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile, double-dealing, duplicity, cheat, cheating, delusion, head game, feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation, impersonation, imposture, obscurantism, bluff, four flush, take-in.

dissimulation (noun)	illusion (noun)
the act of deceiving	the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
	something many people believe that is false
	an erroneous mental representation

Difference between dissimulation and illusion

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