different between manifestation vs phantom

English

Etymology

From Latin manifestatio.Morphologically manifest +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn?f??ste???n/, /?mæn?f??ste???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

manifestation (countable and uncountable, plural manifestations)

1. The act or process of becoming manifest.

   The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago.

2. The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.

   This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.

3. (medicine) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
4. A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration and/or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin manifestatio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.f?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

manifestation f (plural manifestations)

1. protest, demonstration
2. expression
3. assembly, gathering (of people for an event)
4. creation

Related terms

• manifester
• manifest

Further reading

• “manifestation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

manifestation (plural manifestationes)

1. manifestation

Swedish

Noun

manifestation c

1. manifestation

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• fantom (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English fantom, fantum, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from ??????? (phantáz?, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fænt?m/

Noun

phantom (plural phantoms)

1. A ghost or apparition.
2. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
3. (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
4. (medical imaging) A test object. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• ghost
• See also Thesaurus:ghost

Derived terms

• phantom limb
• phantom pain

Related terms

• fantasy

Translations

Adjective

phantom (not comparable)

1. Illusive.
2. Fictitious or nonexistent.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “phantom”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Hampton