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spook vs fantasm

fantasm vs spook

spook and fantasm both are nouns.

spook is a verb but fantasm is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spook Yes No Yes No
fantasm Yes No No No
As nouns, fantasm is a hypernym of spook; that is, fantasm is a word with a broader meaning than spook:
  • spook: a mental representation of some haunting experience
  • fantasm: something existing in perception only
Other hypernyms of spook include apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow.
spook (noun) fantasm (noun)
a mental representation of some haunting experience something existing in perception only
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric a ghostly appearing figure
spook (verb) fantasm (verb)
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
Difference between spook and fantasm

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