Ghoul vs. Ghost
Difference Between Ghoul and Ghost
Ghoulnoun
A spirit said to feed on corpses.
Ghostnoun
(dated) The spirit; the soul of man.
Ghoulnoun
A graverobber.
Ghostnoun
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death
Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.Ghoulnoun
A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.
Ghostnoun
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image
not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an ideaGhoulnoun
someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
Ghostnoun
A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
Ghoulnoun
an evil spirit or ghost
Ghostnoun
An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
Ghostnoun
A ghostwriter.
Ghostnoun
(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
Ghostnoun
(computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
Ghostnoun
(theatre) An understudy.
Ghostnoun
(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
Ghostnoun
The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
Ghostnoun
(video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
Ghostnoun
A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
Ghostnoun
White or pale.
ghost slug; ghostberry; ghostflower; ghost crab; ghost batGhostnoun
Transparent or translucent.
ghost ant; ghost catfish; ghost nipper; ghost nudibranchGhostnoun
(attributive) Abandoned.
ghost town; ghost net; ghost ramp; ghost shipGhostnoun
(attributive) The remains of.
ghost cell; ghost crater; ghost imageGhostnoun
(attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
ghost pain; ghost cellphone vibration; ghost island; ghost voterGhostnoun
(attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
ghost rocket; ghost deer; ghost catGhostnoun
(attributive) Substitute.
ghost writer; ghost band; ghost singerGhostverb
To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
Ghostverb
(obsolete) To die; to expire.
Ghostverb
(ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
Ghostverb
(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
Ghostverb
(computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
Ghostverb
(GUI) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
Ghostverb
To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
Ghostverb
To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip.
Ghostverb
To kill.
Ghostverb
(slang) To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting.
Ghostnoun
a mental representation of some haunting experience;
he looked like he had seen a ghostit aroused specters from his pastGhostnoun
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Ghostnoun
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
Ghostnoun
a suggestion of some quality;
there was a touch of sarcasm in his tonehe detected a ghost of a smile on her faceGhostverb
move like a ghost;
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yardGhostverb
haunt like a ghost; pursue;
Fear of illness haunts herGhostverb
write for someone else;
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
