appearance vs apparition

appearance and apparition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appearance	Yes	No	No	No
apparition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, apparition is a hyponym of appearance; that is, apparition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than appearance:

appearance: the act of appearing in public view
apparition: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

Other hyponyms of appearance include emergence, emersion, reappearance, return.

As nouns, apparition is a hyponym of appearance; that is, apparition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than appearance:

appearance: the event of coming into sight
apparition: the appearance of a ghostlike figure

Other hyponyms of appearance include reappearance, manifestation, materialisation, materialization, manifestation.

appearance (noun)	apparition (noun)
the act of appearing in public view	an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action	something existing in perception only
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression	the appearance of a ghostlike figure
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing	a ghostly appearing figure
a mental representation
the event of coming into sight

appearance vs apparition

appearance and apparition both are nouns.

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