Devil and Spirit

Devil

Devil noun - An evil spirit.

Usage example: acted as if possessed by some devil

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Spirit and devil are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spirit" instead a noun "Devil".

Spirit noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

Usage example: Hamlet's late father appears to him in the form of a spirit and with the revelation that he was in fact murdered

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Devil and spirit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devil" instead a noun "Spirit".

good	good devil	good spirit
female	female devil	female spirit
similar	similar devil	similar spirit
original	original devil	original spirit
Other adjectives: true, single, powerful, actual, real, male, inner, angry, general, former, titular, literal, local, giant.

This is the whole point of Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods, in which every god/spirit/devil/etc.

Source: All Myths Are True
The Wailing ends with Il-Gwang, the shaman who had been helping Jong-Goo, was somehow on the same side as the evil spirit/devil that was tormenting his daughter.

Source: The Ending Changes Everything
If you die in Hell as a spirit or devil, you go to Double Hell, and if killed there you go to Scary Town (which is worse than Hell in the Spring).

Source: Fan Fic / Big Human On Campus

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