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Spooky vs Haunted - What's the difference?

spooky | haunted |

As adjectives the difference between spooky and haunted

is that spooky is eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural while haunted is of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.

As a verb haunted is

past tense of haunt.

spooky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural
  • unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses)

    • Derived terms

    * spookily

    haunted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
    • The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.
  • Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).
  • Showing a feeling of being disturbed.
    • a haunted expression

    Verb

    (head)
  • (haunt)
    • According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.

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