different between intangible vs apparitional

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?tand??bl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?tænd??b?l/

Adjective

intangible (comparative more intangible, superlative most intangible)

1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.

Antonyms

• tangible

Translations

Noun

intangible (plural intangibles)

1. Anything intangible
2. (law) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intan?xible/, [?n?.t?ã??xi.??le]

Adjective

intangible (plural intangibles)

1. intangible

Related terms

• tangible

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