Wraith vs. Wrath: What's the Difference?
Wraith and Wrath Definitions
Wraith
An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death.
Wrath
Forceful, often vindictive anger.
Wraith
The ghost of a dead person.
Wrath
Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger.
Wraith
Something faint or insubstantial
"The wraith of a hollow laugh issued silently from his parted lips" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).
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Wrath
Wrathful.
Wraith
A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.
Wrath
Great anger.
Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.
Wraith
An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith.
O, hollow wraith of dying fame.
Wrath
(rare) Punishment.
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Wraith
Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; - called also water wraith.
Wrath
Wrathful; wroth; very angry.
Wraith
A mental representation of some haunting experience;
He looked like he had seen a ghost
It aroused specters from his past
Wrath
(obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
Wrath
Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed.
When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
Now smoking and frothingIts tumult and wrath in.
Wrath
The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime.
Wrath
See Wroth.
Wrath
To anger; to enrage; - also used impersonally.
If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun.
Wrath
Intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
Wrath
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
