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Supernova Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

difference in meaning

can you tell me the difference between ' disillusioned by' and 'disillusioned with' ?
  

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There's not a big difference to my mind. "By" seems to carry a sense of someone's deliberate actions, while you can be disillusioned "with" a software package or an amusement park. "With" seems to carry a passive sense.

— BarbaraPA

  • There's not a big difference to my mind.
  • "By" seems to carry a sense of someone's deliberate actions, while you can be disillusioned "with" a software package or an amusement park.
  • "With" seems to carry a passive sense.
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There's not a big difference to my mind.

"By" seems to carry a sense of someone's deliberate actions, while you can be disillusioned "with" a software package or an amusement park. "With" seems to carry a passive sense.
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practically same

by: indicates the agent producing the disillusionement
with: indicates with regard to whom you are in disillusionement

And I agree with GG
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hey thanx a million.
you've narrowed down the difference for me
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