Spectre vs. Ghost
Difference Between Spectre and Ghost
Spectrenoun
Variant of specter.
Ghostnoun
The spirit of a dead person, especially one that is believed to appear to the living in bodily form or to haunt specific locations.
Spectrenoun
standard spelling of specter|from=British spelling
The spectre is a ghost of a decapitated young man.Ghostnoun
A person's spirit or soul
was sick for months and finally gave up the ghost.Spectrenoun
a ghostly appearing figure;
we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted usGhostnoun
A returning or haunting memory or image.
Spectrenoun
a mental representation of some haunting experience;
he looked like he had seen a ghostit aroused specters from his pastGhostnoun
A slight or faint trace
just a ghost of a smile.Ghostnoun
The tiniest bit
not a ghost of a chance.Ghostnoun
An unwanted image on a television or radar screen caused by reflected waves.
Ghostnoun
A displaced image in a photograph caused by the optical system of the camera.
Ghostnoun
An unwanted spectral line caused by imperfections in a diffraction grating.
Ghostnoun
A displaced image in a mirror caused by reflection from the front of the glass.
Ghostnoun
(Informal) A ghostwriter.
Ghostnoun
A nonexistent publication listed in bibliographies.
Ghostnoun
A fictitious employee or business.
Ghostnoun
(Physiology) A red blood cell having no hemoglobin.
Ghostverb
(Informal) To engage in ghostwriting.
Ghostverb
To move noiselessly like a ghost
“Two young deer ghosted out of the woods” (Nancy M. Debevoise).Ghostverb
(Informal) To cut off all communication with someone, especially a romantic or sexual partner, without providing an explanation
ghosted on him after two dates.Ghostverb
To haunt.
Ghostverb
(Informal) To ghostwrite
was hired to ghost the memoirs of a famous executive.Ghostverb
(Informal) To cut off all communication with (someone), especially a romantic or sexual partner, without providing an explanation
“In some point in nearly every young millennial's life, they will be ghosted. And not by sad dead bodies from the graveyard, but by idiot living ones from the Internet” (Heather Dockray).Ghostnoun
(dated) The spirit; the soul of man.
Ghostnoun
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death
Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.Ghostnoun
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image
not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an ideaGhostnoun
A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
Ghostnoun
An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
Ghostnoun
A ghostwriter.
Ghostnoun
(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
Ghostnoun
(computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
Ghostnoun
(theatre) An understudy.
Ghostnoun
(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
Ghostnoun
The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
Ghostnoun
(video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
Ghostnoun
A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
Ghostnoun
White or pale.
ghost slug; ghostberry; ghostflower; ghost crab; ghost batGhostnoun
Transparent or translucent.
ghost ant; ghost catfish; ghost nipper; ghost nudibranchGhostnoun
(attributive) Abandoned.
ghost town; ghost net; ghost ramp; ghost shipGhostnoun
(attributive) The remains of.
ghost cell; ghost crater; ghost imageGhostnoun
(attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
ghost pain; ghost cellphone vibration; ghost island; ghost voterGhostnoun
(attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
ghost rocket; ghost deer; ghost catGhostnoun
(attributive) Substitute.
ghost writer; ghost band; ghost singerGhostverb
To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
Ghostverb
(obsolete) To die; to expire.
Ghostverb
(ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
Ghostverb
(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
Ghostverb
(computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
Ghostverb
(GUI) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
Ghostverb
To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
Ghostverb
To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip.
Ghostverb
To kill.
Ghostverb
(slang) To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting.
Ghostnoun
a mental representation of some haunting experience;
he looked like he had seen a ghostit aroused specters from his pastGhostnoun
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Ghostnoun
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
Ghostnoun
a suggestion of some quality;
there was a touch of sarcasm in his tonehe detected a ghost of a smile on her faceGhostverb
move like a ghost;
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yardGhostverb
haunt like a ghost; pursue;
Fear of illness haunts herGhostverb
write for someone else;
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
