What's the difference between conjuror and illusionist?

Conjuror


Definition:

  • (n.) One bound by a common oath with others.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) mystics, conjurors and clairvoyants, set in France and England during the late 1920s, Magic In The Moonlight harks back to the lamest titles in the Woody filmography.
  • (2) In some cases, scientists would be well advised to consult with such experts as conjurors, when skilled frauds are in a position to mislead them.
  • (3) Iger could end up playing the role of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, serving under the tutelage of Jobs, the 21st-century conjuror who transforms every industry he touches.
  • (4) In the wake of the miracle, in-depth questions about the strategy behind the winning shot and its execution were only natural but felt rather like asking a conjuror how he performs his best magic trick.
  • (5) So Jacob was born in an operating theatre, pulled from the tummy of his sleepy, elated mother like a rabbit from a conjuror's hat.
  • (6) Deller's show is called English Magic , and though he's reluctant to think of himself as such, he is its conjuror-in-chief.

Illusionist


Definition:

  • (n.) One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was more magic on ITV at 9.10pm with The Illusionists, but it was unable to pull an overnights rabbit out of the hat, with just under 2 million viewers, an 8.5% share.
  • (2) Not only did this life-affirming piece of mischief make the perfect counterpoint to the self-harming entrepreneurial initiative of the emaciated illusionist, it also enabled a TV audience of millions to get a taste of music they might not otherwise have heard, as Jus' a Rascal was beamed around the world as the unofficial soundtrack to the much sought after news footage of the end of Blaine's 44-day fast.
  • (3) When Bertolt Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble visited Britain in 1956, he was stunned by its anti-illusionistic epics.
  • (4) TV illusionist Derren Brown has often used his act to denounce paranormal practices.
  • (5) TV illusionist Derren Brown said: "It's important people don't think that a test is a way of debunking or disproving.
  • (6) He wrote: "Like the TV illusionist, he wants you to believe something unbelievable.
  • (7) He and the illusionist David Blaine have also been best friends for years (what does he think about Blaine's current work?
  • (8) Like any illusionist worth his salt he is wary of explaining this too closely: "My work is really either things that bother me or things that I like," he says at one point.
  • (9) Jonathan Ross (the floppy-haired one) hosts as amateur illusionists try to baffle the duo in order to win a support slot on their Vegas show.
  • (10) Classical temples in ancient Greece show two deterministic illusionistic principles of architecture, which govern their functional design: geometric proportionalism and a set of illusion-strengthening rules in the proportionalism's "stochastic margin".
  • (11) Then there's a musical director, an aerial choreographer, a puppet designer and an illusionist."
  • (12) Son of the famous illusionist David Berglas, Marvin entertains VIPs and sponsors on match days and even plays in the Gunners' celebrity supporters team.
  • (13) The third episode of the drama, starring Simon Baker as a detective who uses illusionist's tricks to get witnesses and suspects to reveal information about crimes, was Five's most watched show of the night with a 13% share of the audience.

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