Ghastly vs. Fatal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ghastly and Fatal
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Ghastly
Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying
A ghastly murder.
Fatal
Causing death
A fatal accident
Ghastly
Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
Fatal
Causing or capable of causing death.
Ghastly
Extremely unpleasant or bad
"in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
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Fatal
Causing ruin or destruction; disastrous
"Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory" (Charles Darwin).
Ghastly
Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
Fatal
Of decisive importance; fateful
Came through at the fatal moment.
Ghastly
Horrifyingly shocking.
Fatal
Concerning or determining one's fate
The fatal thread of life.
Ghastly
Extremely bad.
The play was simply ghastly.
Fatal
(Obsolete) Having been destined; fated.
Ghastly
In a ghastly manner.
Fatal
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
Ghastly
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
Fatal
Foreboding death or great disaster.
Ghastly
Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
Fatal
Causing death or destruction.
A fatal wound; a fatal disease; that fatal day; a fatal mistake
Ghastly
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.
Fatal
(computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
A fatal error; a fatal exception
Ghastly
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
Ghastly wounds
The grim aftermath of the bombing
The grim task of burying the victims
A grisly murder
Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
Macabre tortures conceived by madmen
Fatal
A fatality; an event that leads to death.
Ghastly
Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
Ghastly shrieks
The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
Fatal
(computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
Fatal
Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
These thing are fatal and necessary.
It was fatal to the king to fight for his money.
Fatal
Foreboding death or great disaster.
That fatal screech owl to our houseThat nothing sung but death to us and ours.
Fatal
Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
Fatal
Bringing death
Fatal
Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance;
That fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea
The fatal day of the election finally arrived
Fatal
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
The stock market crashed on Black Friday
A calamitous defeat
The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it
A fateful error
Fatal
Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined;
A fatal series of events
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