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Ghosting vs Ghostling - What's the difference?

ghosting | ghostling |

As nouns the difference between ghosting and ghostling

is that ghosting is the practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors while ghostling is a small, young, diminutive, or inferior ghost.

ghosting

English

Noun

  • The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
  • The effect that interference caused by a multipath reception problem has on a television screen.
  • Ghost imaging.
  • A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
  • (computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses are not recognised.

    • ghostling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, young, diminutive, or inferior ghost.
  • *2008 , Linda Alice Dewey, The Ghost Who Would Not Die :
    • “That's why I brought you here,” whispered the ghostling next to me. We floated over to a corner. “She ain't leaving her body,” he said.
  • *2010 , Lyncee Shillard, Treasure Hunt :
    • Blink stood next to Knot. The ghostling's lavender eyes widened as his hand gripped Knot's arm.