If you see something you think might be a ghost, you can call it an apparition to hedge your bets. Apparition doesn't commit you in the same way the word ghost does and saying that you've seen one won't cause you to be committed.
The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
Noun
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger"
Noun
something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
Noun
the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
Noun
a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
n.
The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
n.
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
n.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance;
a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
n.
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after
having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
Apparition
The sudden apparition of the Spaniards.
The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world.2.
Which apparition, it seems, was you.3.
I think it is the weakness of mine eyesThat shapes this monstrous apparition.4.(Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle .The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
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