Devil
Devil noun - An evil spirit.
Usage example: acted as if possessed by some devil
Ghost and devil are semantically related in evil spirit topic. In some cases you can use "Ghost" instead a noun "Devil".
Ghost
Ghost noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
Usage example: looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween
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Synonyms for Ghost
Devil and ghost are semantically related in spirit of the dead topic. Sometimes you can use "Devil" instead a noun "Ghost".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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When Bender commits suicide in one episode his programming is uploaded into the cloud and he acts like a "normal" ghost who can't be seen by anyone except the robot devil and can possess machines.
Source: Virtual Ghost -
Sena's Devil Bat Ghost and Devil Bat Hurricane are illustrated as him becoming the steam and flying through his foes.
Source: Battle Aura -
But don't worry, every Sin-Eater can tell the devil (actually a ghost-spirit thing, the eponymous Geists) to shut up and stay in the corner of their host's soul, and the Geists usually only want simple pleasures of living they remember from the time when they were humans (sex, food, etc.).
Source: Monster from Beyond the Veil
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