Specter vs Wraith - What's the difference?
specter | wraith |
A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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Wraith is a synonym of specter.
As nouns the difference between specter and wraith
is that specter is a ghostly apparition while wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.specter
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* ----wraith
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Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=We might indeed have been the wraiths of the departed dead upon the dead sea of that dying planet for all the sound or sign we made in passing. }}