Ghostly vs Phantasmal - What's the difference?
ghostly | phantasmal | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
Spooky; frightening.
Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
* Book of Common Prayer
* Jeremy Taylor
Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
Eerie or frightening.
Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy.
Ghostly is a synonym of phantasmal.
As adjectives the difference between ghostly and phantasmal
is that ghostly is of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits while phantasmal is of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.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.