Phantom
Phantom noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
Usage example: Halloween is supposed to be a time when phantoms return to walk among us
Wraith
Wraith noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
Usage example: the people who once lived here believed that their world was populated by wraiths and witches
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| sympathetic | sympathetic phantom | sympathetic wraith |
| old | old phantom | old wraith |
| female | female phantom | female wraith |
| regular | regular phantom | regular wraith |
| Other adjectives: original, single, powerful, evil, blue, former, murderous, mysterious, so-called, titular, next, escaped, giant, captured, invisible, offending, summoned. | ||
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In a lot of works, various words for ghost, such as phantom, spectre, wraith, etc.
Source: The Undead -
Covenant vehicles are known only by their UNSC designations, which are ethereal or supernatural beings — Ghost scout vehicles, Wraith tanks, Phantom and Spirit dropships, Banshee fliers, Seraph starfighters, Shadow troop transports, Vampire support fighters, Goblin Mini-Mecha, etc.
Source: Reporting Names -
Wraith, the repeating Mid Boss of Phantom Brave is merely a shadow of the true evil, Sulphur.
Source: Fighting a Shadow
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