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Phantom vs Phantosmia - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between phantom and phantosmia

is that phantom is something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive while phantosmia is a medical condition involving olfactory hallucinations. A form of parosmia in which the perceived smell is caused apparently randomly rather than by a different smell.

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.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
    • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”}}
  • Fictitious or nonexistent.

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    phantosmia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia phantosmia)
  • A medical condition involving olfactory hallucinations. A form of parosmia in which the perceived smell is caused apparently randomly rather than by a different smell.