Ethereal vs Eerie - What's the difference?
ethereal | eerie |
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
* 1667 : , Paradise Lost , book VII
* 1862 : ,
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
* 1733 : ,
Delicate, light and airy.
strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
(Scotland) fearful, timid.
* 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
As adjectives the difference between ethereal and eerie
is that ethereal is pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions while eerie is strange, weird, fear-inspiring.ethereal
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Alternative forms
* aethereal * aetherial * * (obsolete) * * (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger.
Walking.
- I trust that we shall be more imaginative, that our thoughts will be clearer, fresher, and more ethereal , as our sky,...
An Essay on Man
- Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal , human, angel, man.
Derived terms
* ethereality * ethereally * etherealness * etherealization * etherealisation * etherealizingReferences
* American English formseerie
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Alternative forms
* eeryAdjective
(er)- The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
- She began to feel eerie .