Appearance vs. Apparition — What's the Difference?

The way that someone or something looks

A ghostly figure; a specter.

An act of performing or participating in a public event

A sudden or unusual sight

An act of arriving or becoming visible

The act of appearing; appearance.

The act or an instance of coming into sight.

An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

The act or an instance of coming into public view

The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

Outward aspect

An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.

Something that appears; a phenomenon.

(astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.

A superficial aspect; a semblance

(astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.

Appearances Outward indications; circumstances

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.

An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.

The way something looks; personal presence

The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; - opposed to occultation.

Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.

A ghostly appearing figure;

That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality

The appearance of a ghostlike figure;

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.

Something existing in perception only;

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly;

(medical) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.

Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.

Probability; likelihood.

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.

Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

The event of coming into sight

Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

A mental representation;

The act of appearing in public view;

Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;