What's the difference between elusive and elusory?

Elusive


Definition:

  • (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The successful treatment of the painful neuroma remains an elusive surgical goal.
  • (2) Diagnostic difficulties were encountered due to the rarity of such infections and elusive identification of the organism with routine laboratory procedures.
  • (3) Diagnosis with light microscopy can be elusive; electron microscopic and immunohistochemical evaluation are necessary to confirm the pathological condition.
  • (4) But an agreement looks elusive, and it appears that another election will be held soon.
  • (5) Effectiveness and safety of other molecules remain elusive.
  • (6) Thus, the identity of the suppressive factor(s) in cultured I-CB cell supernatants remains elusive.
  • (7) The quality of family life is as elusive a concept as is quality of life for the individual.
  • (8) In the United States, early diagnosis and cure of gastric carcinoma remain elusive.
  • (9) Despite their functional prominence, the structural requirements of fully functional GABAA-receptors are still elusive.
  • (10) The explanation for this dramatic loss of GSH has been investigated by many laboratories but the solution has been elusive.
  • (11) While the etiology and pathogenesis of such lesions remain elusive, physicians performing hair transplantations should be aware of this potential sequela.
  • (12) Les Cafeteras began the second half in similarly determined mode and the elusive Rincón sent a shot dipping fractionally over the bar from distance.
  • (13) Never before has so much been learned about the molecular biology of a virus in such a short time since its discovery and yet effective strategies for fighting the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS remain elusive.
  • (14) With her first book, Girl Online, due out in November and an audience estimated to be 26 times that of the circulation of British Vogue, Zoella is a key example of what the advertising world call a “crowdsourced people’s champion” – one who earns hundreds of thousands of pounds a year and is paid by brands such as Unilever to connect with the ever-elusive 18-30 demographic.
  • (15) We retrospectively reviewed the MR examinations of five patients with surgically proved cervical epidural abscess in order to assist in the diagnosis of this clinically elusive disorder.
  • (16) Steroid hormone receptors are elusive, labile regulatory proteins which communicate the action of the sex hormones, estrogens and progestins, in target organs such as the breast and uterus.
  • (17) However, the principles of optimal mAb selection remain elusive, as their efficacy in vivo does not always correlate with their characteristics in vitro.
  • (18) Bacterial endocarditis is an elusive disease that challenges clinicians' diagnostic capabilities.
  • (19) The chronic inflammatory diseases in humans have been intensively investigated, however the immune mechanisms underlying diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel disease, and periodontal disease (PD) remain elusive.
  • (20) Three years later, the proud owner of a PG diploma in housing studies and member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, I was offered the opportunity to complete a further year's study and obtain that elusive degree.

Elusory


Definition:

  • (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.

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