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Spiritling vs Spiriting - What's the difference?

spiritling | spiriting |

As nouns the difference between spiritling and spiriting

is that spiritling is a small, young, diminutive, or inferior spirit; a ghostling while spiriting is (literary) the action of a spirit or ghost.

As a verb spiriting is

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spiritling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, young, diminutive, or inferior spirit; a ghostling.
  • *2002 , Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Carl Gilchrist, Angel Leigh McCoy, EverQuest Role-Playing Game Monsters of Norrath :
    • Spiritlings are tiny fey creatures no bigger than half an inch across that inhabit various wild places throughout Norrath.
  • *2012 , James Lowder, Prince of Lies :
    • “The denizens do not share your valor, spiritling . They will surely lose their minds if they're confronted with the nightmares from their mortal lives.”
  • *2012 , L. Jagi Lamplighter, Prospero in Hell: Prospero's Daughter :
    • “You would risk Father's great work for this spiritling'?” Cornelius asked. “This ' spiritling , as you call him, is Father's great work!” I blurted.

    spiriting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literary) The action of a spirit or ghost.
  • Inspiration.
  • * 1818 , John Keats, "Spenser! a jealous honourer of thine":
    • It is impossible to escape from toil / O' the sudden and receive thy spiriting' [...].