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Illusion vs. Allusion

When David Copperfield seemed to make the Statue of Liberty disappear on live TV in 1983, that was an illusion. (Sorry to break the news.) Illusions are false ideas or misleading impressions.

An allusion is an indirect reference to something or a hint.

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