Phantom vs. Ghost

Phantomnoun

Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive.

Phantomnoun

An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.

Phantomnoun

(duplicate bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.

Phantomnoun

(medical imaging) A test object.

Phantomadjective

Illusive.

Phantomadjective

Fictitious or nonexistent.

Phantomnoun

That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

Phantomadjective

Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.

Phantomnoun

a ghostly appearing figure;

Phantomnoun

something existing in perception only;

Phantomadjective

something apparently sensed but having no physical reality;

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

Ghostnoun

Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image

Ghostnoun

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.

Ghostnoun

Transparent or translucent.

Ghostnoun

(attributive) Abandoned.

Ghostnoun

(attributive) The remains of.

Ghostnoun

(attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.

Ghostnoun

(attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.

Ghostnoun

(attributive) Substitute.

Ghostverb

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

The spirit; the soul of man.

Ghostnoun

The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

Ghostnoun

Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.

Ghostnoun

A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

Ghostverb

To die; to expire.

Ghostverb

To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.

Ghostnoun

a mental representation of some haunting experience;

Ghostnoun

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;

Ghostverb

move like a ghost;

Ghostverb

haunt like a ghost; pursue;

Ghostverb

write for someone else;

Ghostnoun

an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image

Ghostnoun

a slight trace or vestige of something

Ghostnoun

a faint secondary image caused by a fault in an optical system, duplicate signal transmission, etc.

Ghostverb

act as ghostwriter of (a work)

Ghostverb

glide smoothly and effortlessly

Ghostverb

end a personal relationship with (someone) by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication

Ghost

In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike forms.