Phantom vs Banshee - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between phantom and banshee

is that phantom is something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive while banshee is in Irish folklore, a female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

As an adjective phantom

is illusive.

As a proper noun Phantom

is nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by Marines in Vietnam.

phantom

English

Alternative forms

* fantom (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)

Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive.

An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.

Synonyms

* ghost * See also

Derived terms

* phantom limb * phantom pain

Adjective

(-)

Illusive.

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Fictitious or nonexistent.

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Anagrams

banshee

English

(wikipedia banshee)

Noun

(en noun)

In Irish folklore, a female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

(derogatory) A noisy or ill-tempered woman.

* 1936 , , Steps Going Down , page 15:

Where's this old banshee that runs the place?

Usage notes

* A banshee was originally merely a fairy woman who sang a caoineadh (lament) for recently-deceased members of certain families. Translations of Irish works into English made a distinction between the banshee and other fairy folk that the original language and original stories do not seem to have, but from whence sprung the current image of the banshee.