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semblance vs phantom

phantom vs semblance

semblance and phantom both are nouns.

semblance is not an adjective while phantom is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
semblance Yes No No No
phantom Yes Yes No No
As nouns, phantom is a hyponym of semblance; that is, phantom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than semblance:
  • semblance: an erroneous mental representation
  • phantom: something existing in perception only
Other hyponyms of semblance include apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, shadow, irradiation, phantom limb.
semblance (noun) phantom (noun)
picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing something existing in perception only
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading a ghostly appearing figure
an erroneous mental representation
semblance (adjective) phantom (adjective)
something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
Difference between semblance and phantom

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