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Insubstantial vs Apparitional - What's the difference?

insubstantial | apparitional | Synonyms |

Insubstantial is a synonym of apparitional.


As adjectives the difference between insubstantial and apparitional

is that insubstantial is lacking substance; not real or strong while apparitional is of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly; immaterial; spectral.

insubstantial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking substance; not real or strong.
    • The bridge was insubstantial and would not safely carry a car.

    Synonyms

    * unsubstantial (archaic)

    Antonyms

    * substantial

    apparitional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly; immaterial; spectral.
  • * 1908 , , "The Jolly Corner," ch. 2,
    • People enough, first and last, had been in terror of apparitions, but who had ever before so turned the tables and become himself, in the apparitional world, an incalculable terror?

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