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Ghast vs Chast - What's the difference?

ghast | chast |

As verbs the difference between ghast and chast

is that ghast is while chast is (obsolete) to chasten.

As an adjective ghast

is having a ghastly appearance; weird.

ghast

English

Etymology 1

Variation of gast, from (etyl) gasten, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

(en verb)
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Poetic abbreviation of ghastly.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a ghastly appearance; weird.

    • chast

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) to chasten

    • Derived terms

    * chastness

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