Wraith vs Spook - What's the difference?
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A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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A spirit returning to haunt a place.
A ghost or an apparition.
A hobgoblin.
(espionage) A spy.
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A scare or fright.
(dated, pejorative) A black person.
To scare or frighten.
To startle or frighten an animal
As nouns the difference between wraith and spook
is that wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death while spook is a spirit returning to haunt a place.As a verb spook is
to scare or frighten.wraith
English
Noun
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Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* wraithish * wraithful * wraithlikeSee also
* (wikipedia "wraith")spook
English
Noun
(en noun)- The visit to the old cemetery brought scary visions of spooks and ghosts.
- The building was haunted by a couple of spooks .
- From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies?
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- The congressional study frets that Huawei’s and ZTE’s products could be used as Trojan horses by Chinese spooks .
- The big spider gave me a spook .
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)- The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.