guide vs sprite

guide

noun
  • A spirit believed to speak through a medium. 

  • Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain. 

  • A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery. 

  • A sign that guides people; guidepost. 

  • A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel. 

  • A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest. 

  • A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. 

  • Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference. 

verb
  • to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path. 

  • to act as a guide. 

  • to exert control or influence over someone or something. 

  • to supervise the education or training of someone. 

  • to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot. 

sprite

noun
  • A spirit; a soul; a shade. 

  • A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene. 

  • The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis). 

  • An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm. 

  • An apparition; ghost 

  • An elf; a fairy; a goblin. 

  • A spayed female ferret. 

  • Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels). 

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