Difference between Enlightened and Disillusioned

What is the difference between Enlightened and Disillusioned?

Enlightened as an adjective is educated or informed while Disillusioned as an adjective is the state of having lost one's illusions.

Enlightened

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: educated or informed Made aware of something Freed from illusion Exceedingly wise

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To supply with light.

Example sentence: The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

Disillusioned

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: The state of having lost one's illusions.

Example sentence: I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved.

We hope you now know whether to use Enlightened or Disillusioned in your sentence.

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