On the The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) website I found the following definitions on their comprehensive glossary page, which can be found at
http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/glossary.html
Ghost: The image of a person witnessed after his/her death, reflecting the appearance of the living, physical body yet less substantial. These forms often seem to exist in a dream-like state of semi-awareness, at times though not always cognizant of their human observers.
Spirit: Existence apart from, or transcending, the purely physical; also, the life-force of an organism. A spirit commonly refers to a ghost.
Entity: A disembodied "consciousness" commonly referred to as ghost, spirit or (if of an apparently malicious or resentful nature) demon.
Apparition: The projection or manifestation of a quasi-physical entity.
Demon: Hostile and resentful entity, supposedly of non-human origin, which some believe to be "fallen (from grace) angels."
Poltergiest: German for "noisy ghost." This is an extremely rare occurance wherein random objects are moved and sounds produced by an unseen force, the sole purpose of which seems to be to draw attention to itself. The phenomenon always involves a specific individual, frequently a child or adolescent.
Spook: Benevolent spirit exclusively of America which comes from the legends of the Red Indians.
Silky: A female ghost which is attired in a rustling silk garment (sometimes seen, other times just heard) and performs domestic chores for a household after the occupants have retired for the night.
Wraith/Wrayth: The image of a person appearing shortly before or after his or her death; term can also be applied to a ghost.
Lepke: A very unique and interesting type of spiritual manifestation, a ghost which has the appearance of a solid, living person, may even converse with someone, then suddenly vanishes. "We were talking, I turned to face her again, and she was just gone!" Such apparitions are most often reported to have been encountered within, or immediately outside of cemeteries.
Haunting: The manifestation of a ghostly presence, or presences, attached to a specific locale. Hauntings can be categorized into four (usually) distinct types, these being Intelligent (responsive), Poltergeist (likely initiated by pent-up stress on a subconcious level), Residual (replay) and Demonic (non-human origin). See also "Infestation."
Infestation: Repeated and persistent paranormal phenomena, generally centered around a particular location or person(s). Also known as a haunting.
Residual (Haunting): Psychic imprint of a scene which is repeatedly played out, where the witness of such phenomenon essentially is peering into the past. The ghostly participants of these time-displacements often seem unaware of their living observer.
Intelligent (Haunting): A haunting by a responsive entity, and dynamic in nature unlike a residual haunting. A characteristic of an intelligent haunting is the ability of the phenomenon imposed by the entity to have free will or to make conscious decisions.
(The definition of intelligent haunting is from wikipedia since TAPS glossary didn't have one.)
For further details and to read articles about the paranormal field as well as learn more about what TAPS does, visit their site at: http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com
2007-01-10 10:37:56
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answered by Night Owl 4
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A Spirit has gone over to the spirit plane but is free to go back and forth between the two realms at it's choice. This all depends on the circumstances of how the spirit joined the spirit plane. All spirits have to adjust to why they are there. Lost souls who take themselves over are recuperated but join their friends and family after a while.
Ghosts are grounded as they did not make the choice to pass over to spirit. Many things can cause this to happen. Some do not know that they are dead and others do not wish to leave, or they are afraid to pass through to spirit. They can be seen and sometimes heard and they are caught in their own time that can sometimes overlap in to ours. They are stuck in the same place and cannot travel to different locations.
An Entity is considered as evil. They can come in many forms. Many a bad person has died and if they were evil in this life and they don't pass over to spirit when they die. Then they will remain and continue to be evil. They are met by other entities upon death and if they choose to follow then they can pass back in to our world in many ways. They can disguise themselves to gain confidence in somebody, mainly children to be allowed to enter their home. Another form of Entity is a Poltergeist or nosiy ghost. They have the ability to communicate by sound and moving objects. There has been many a recorded case of this activity and they can harm people. Not all are evil but very active.
2007-01-10 03:11:05
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answered by Tabbyfur aka patchy puss 5
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A entity has been around along time and usually is evil. A spirit and a ghost or the same.
2007-01-09 18:20:19
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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An entity is experienced and knows its purpose, to guide another.
A spirit is a human or animal that wants to say something before it leaves, then happily goes.
A ghost is a spirit who, for a very long time has been unable to deliver its important message to you for some reason or another, and has become annoyed to the point of agression.
2007-01-09 16:39:07
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answered by neff_crystal 2
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They can all be interchanged. Some people believe in spirit guides that aren't actually ghosts. Others call any type of spirit an entity.
2007-01-09 15:56:12
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answer #5
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answered by MeanKitty 6
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Ghosts and spirits do no longer exist in accordance to the Bible. Demons do. Spirit is a widespread time period, and that i think some might want to call a demon one of those spirit. A ghost, frequently, is the soul of a useless human being, in spite of the undeniable fact that the Bible does no longer enable for the souls of useless human beings to be wandering round. at present, many Christians do no longer believe in demons, both, because the flaws Demons used to do on the earth have on account that been defined, quite oftentimes by way of germ theory. A demon is a fallen angel, in accordance to the Bible...it really is between the angels that rebelled with Lucifer and were forged out of heaven. maximum folk image them as gruesome, evil-searching creatures, yet in the experience that they do exist contained in the way the Bible describes, they're probable ideal angels, which inserts their description as being very deceptive. there is in consumer-friendly words one factor out of a human spirit being modern in this actual earth, or maybe it really is concern for debate - it really is even as Jesus went as a lot because the mountain and met Moses and Elijah. it truly is sometimes considered to be symbolic, no longer literal, and the passage does no longer specify no matter if Moses and Elijah were there actual or basically in spirit.
2016-12-28 14:19:01
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answer #6
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answered by ? 3
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not sure what enity is but the diffrence between a ghost and spirit is a spirit can be a ghost or something that never lived a ghost was once living
2007-01-09 16:53:47
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answer #7
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answered by life aint a fary tale 3
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All spirits and human being are considered to be entities.................
Also all spirits and not dead. Nor do they represent the dead.. Also not all ghost are Representative of the dead.................. One day I will explain what I am saying..........
2007-01-09 22:54:49
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answered by kilroymaster 7
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