The difference between Ethereal and Otherworldly

When used as adjectives, ethereal means pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere, whereas otherworldly means of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.


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  1. Ethereal as an adjective:

    Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly.

    Examples:

    "usex ethereal space"

    "usex ethereal regions"

  2. Ethereal as an adjective:

    Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

  3. Ethereal as an adjective:

    Delicate, light and airy.

  4. Ethereal as an adjective:

    (chemistry) To do with ether.

  1. Otherworldly as an adjective:

    Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.

  2. Otherworldly as an adjective:

    Not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar.