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Wright vs Wraith - What's the difference?

wright | wraith |

As nouns the difference between wright and wraith

is that wright is a builder or creator of something while wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.

As a verb wright

is misspelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Wright

is {{surname|British occupational|from=occupations}} from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.

wright

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) wyrhta, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A builder or creator of something.
    • Derived terms
    * boatwright * cartwright * housewright * millwright * playwright * plowwright, ploughwright * shipwright * wainwright * wheelwright

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated)

    • wraith

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1917 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burroughs , title=A Princess of Mars , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=We might indeed have been the wraiths of the departed dead upon the dead sea of that dying planet for all the sound or sign we made in passing. }}
  • * {{quote-book, passage=Like wraiths with the impediments of bodies they stumbled in the direction of Salthill faces.
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    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * wraithish * wraithful * wraithlike

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wraith")