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Spectre vs Poltergeist - What's the difference?

spectre | poltergeist |

As nouns the difference between spectre and poltergeist

is that spectre is an alternative spelling of lang=en while poltergeist is an unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

spectre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The spectre is a ghost of a decapitated young man.
  • * Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
  • To this extenuated spectre , perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year, but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner

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    poltergeist

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
  • a poltergeist haunts the house by moving objects around the house, make chain-rattling noises and throwing items.
    the chapel is haunted by a demonic poltergeist .

    Derived terms

    * poltergeistic * poltergeistism

    Synonyms

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