Ghostly vs Disembodied - What's the difference?
ghostly | disembodied | Related terms |
Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
Spooky; frightening.
Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
* Book of Common Prayer
* Jeremy Taylor
(disembody)
Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.
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Ghostly is a related term of disembodied.
As adjectives the difference between ghostly and disembodied
is that ghostly is of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits while disembodied is having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.As a verb disembodied is
(disembody).ghostly
English
Adjective
(er)- a ghostly figure with a hood.
- a ghostly confessor
- Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
- One of the ghostly children of St. Jerome.
