Doppelganger vs Apparition - What's the difference?
doppelganger | apparition |
A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
An evil twin.
A remarkably similar double.
(fantasy) A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.
An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
(astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.
As nouns the difference between doppelganger and apparition
is that doppelganger is doppelganger, while apparition is an act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.doppelganger
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(en noun)Synonyms
*alter egoapparition
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(en noun)- The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. – .
- The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. – .
- Which apparition , it seems, was you. – Tatler.
- The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition. – .
- I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition . –