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Illusive vs. Elusive
Illusive
/ɪˈluːsɪv/Examples:
The artist's paintings create an illusive world of dreams.His success in avoiding arrests proved to be illusive.Fame can be an illusive and fleeting achievement.
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Elusive
/ɪˈluːsɪv/Examples:
The answer to the riddle remained elusive to all.The company's success in the market was elusive.Her dreams of fame were always just beyond her elusive grasp.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Illusive refers to something misleading or deceptive, like an illusion.
- Elusive is used to describe something that's difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
- Remember illusive as related to illusion; both involve deception or trickery.
- Think of elusive as e-vanishing because it describes things that are hard to pin down or hold on to.
- Illusive could trick you into believing it is real, whereas elusive just doesn't want to be caught.
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