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Phantasm vs Wraith - What's the difference?

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Phantasm is a related term of wraith.


As nouns the difference between phantasm and wraith

is that phantasm is something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition while wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.

phantasm

English

Alternative forms

* fantasm

Noun

(en noun)
  • something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
  • * 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
  • He declares that there seems to be no justification for regarding the phantasms of dreams as pure hallucinations; most dream-images are probably in fact illusions, since they arise from faint sense-impressions, which never cease during sleep.

    wraith

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * wraithish * wraithful * wraithlike

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wraith")