Hosted vs Ghosted - What's the difference?
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(host)
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)
One that provides a facility for an event.
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
(computing, Internet) A in a network.
(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
(biology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
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, title= (evolutionism, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
Consecrated bread such as that used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist.
A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
To perform the role of a host.
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, title= (obsolete) To lodge at an inn.
* Shakespeare
(computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
* 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators'', comp.protocols.tcp-ip, ''Usenet
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 3, ch. X, ''Plugson of Undershot
* 2001 , Carlos Parada, Hesione 2 ,
A large number of items; a large inventory.
(ghost)
(rare) The spirit; the soul of man.
* Spenser
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
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* Coleridge
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Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.
* Poe
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, title= A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
A ghostwriter.
(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
(computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
(theater) An understudy.
(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
* 1992 , Maurice J. Whitford, Getting Rid of Graffiti (page 45)
(video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
* 2012 , Keith Burgun, Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games
(label)
(label) the of
(label) perceived or listed but not
(label) of nature
(label)
(obsolete) To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
* 1606 , , Act II, sc. 6, l. 1221
(obsolete) To die; to expire.
(ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
(computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
(GUI) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
* 1991 , Amiga User Interface Style Guide (page 76)
(internet) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
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As verbs the difference between hosted and ghosted
is that hosted is past tense of host while ghosted is past tense of ghost.hosted
English
Verb
(head)host
English
Alternative forms
* hoast (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) oste (French: . Used in English since 13th century.Noun
(en noun)- Time is like a fashionable host , / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts : rodents.}}
Verb
(en verb)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
- Where you shall host .
- CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.
See also
* guest * event * master of ceremoniesEtymology 2
From (etyl) hoste, from Middle (etyl) ), cognate with etymology 1.Noun
(en noun)- Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
Greek Mythology Link
- the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
- A host of parts for my Model A.
Derived terms
* heavenly host * Lord of HostsEtymology 3
From (etyl) also oist, ost, from (etyl) hoiste, from (etyl) .See also
* hostageghosted
English
Verb
(head)ghost
English
Alternative forms
* ghoast (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
- Everyone showed that the ghost of an old lady haunted this crypt.
- The mighty ghosts of our great Harries rose.
- I thought that I had died in sleep/And was a blessed ghost .
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
- Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
- Regardless of GRM used, graffiti ghosts persist. Protect cladding with surface coating or replace with graffiti resistant paint or laminate.
- This is also the case for some racing games (Super Mario Kart is a good example) that allow you to compete against your ghosts , which are precise recordings of your performance.
Synonyms
* (soul) soul, spirit * (spirit appearing after death) apparition, haint, phantom, revenant, specter/spectre, spook, wraith. * (faint shadowy semblance) glimmer, glimmering, glimpse, hint, inkling, spark, suggestion. * (false image in an optical device) * (false image on a television screen) : echo * (ghostwriter) ghostwriter * See alsoDerived terms
* antighost * * ghost band * ghost bat * ghost bike * ghost catshark * ghost chili * ghost condensate * ghost crab * ghost dance * ghost detainee * ghosten * Ghost Festival * ghost flathead * ghost fleet * ghost frog * ghost fungus * ghost goal * ghost gum * ghost hunting * ghost imaging * ghost insect * ghost island * ghost knifefish * ghost light * ghost mark * ghost moth * ghost net * ghost note * ghost of a chance * ghost orchid * ghostly * ghost pepper * ghost ramp * ghost-riding * ghost runner * ghost ship * ghost shrimp * ghost sickness * ghost sign * ghost skate * ghost slug * ghost station * ghost story * ghost town * ghost train * ghost voting * ghost world * ghostwriter * give up the ghost * grey ghost * Holy GhostSee also
* apparition * banshee * barghest * bogeyman * boggart * bogie * channelling * chimera * demon * doppelganger * draugr * duppy * ectoplasm * eidolon * exorcism * fantom * fetch * ghoul * haint * hallucination * haunt * illusion * incubus * lamia * larva * lemur * manes * mare * medium * mirage * necromancy * nightmare * phantasm * phantom * poltergeist * revenant * shade * shadow * specter * spectre * spirit * Spiritism * spook * sprite * soul * things that go bump in the night * vampire * visitant * wendigo * wight * will-o'-the-wisp * wraith * zombieVerb
(en verb)- since Julius Caesar, / Who at Philippi the good Brutus ghosted
- (Sir Philip Sidney)
- Whenever a menu or menu item is inappropriate or unavailable for selection, it should be ghosted . Never allow the user to select something that does nothing in response.
citation, page= , passage=Arsenal came into the match under severe pressure and nerves were palpable early on as Pratley was brilliantly denied by Szczesny after ghosting in front of Kieran Gibbs}}