prestidigitation vs illusion

prestidigitation and illusion both are nouns.

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

As nouns, illusion is a hypernym of prestidigitation; that is, illusion is a word with a broader meaning than prestidigitation:

Other hypernyms of prestidigitation include conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick.

prestidigitation (noun)	illusion (noun)
manual dexterity in the execution of tricks	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