different between baseless vs apparitional

English

Etymology

base +? -less

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?be?sl?s/

Adjective

baseless (not comparable)

1. Of reasoning: based on something that is not true, or not based on solid reasons or facts.
   • 2016 January 31, "Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):

     But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions.
2. Without a physical base.

Synonyms

• groundless
• unfounded

Derived terms

• baselessly
• baselessness

Translations

English

Etymology

apparition +? -al

Adjective

apparitional (comparative more apparitional, superlative most apparitional)

1. (religion, forteana) Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions

   Synonyms: ghostly, immaterial, spectral

   • 1908, Henry James, "The Jolly Corner," ch. 2,

     People enough, first and last, had been in terror of apparitions, but who had ever before so turned the tables and become himself, in the apparitional world, an incalculable terror?

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ghostly

Translations

Further reading

• apparitional in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “apparitional” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• apparitional at OneLook Dictionary Search