ghostwriter vs ghost

ghostwriter and ghost both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ghostwriter	Yes	No	No	No
ghost	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, ghostwriter and ghost are synonyms defined as:

ghostwriter and ghost: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

ghostwriter (noun)	ghost (noun)
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else	a mental representation of some haunting experience
	a suggestion of some quality
	the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
	a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else