Wraith vs Ghoul - What's the difference?
wraith | ghoul |
A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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(mythology, folklore) A spirit said to feed on corpses.
* 1927 — ,
A graverobber
A person with an undue interest in death and corpses.
As nouns the difference between wraith and ghoul
is that wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death while ghoul is a spirit said to feed on corpses.wraith
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Noun
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Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* wraithish * wraithful * wraithlikeSee also
* (wikipedia "wraith")ghoul
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Alternative forms
* gholeNoun
(en noun)Pickman's Model
- The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.