Paranormal: purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as beyond normal experience or scientific explanation. Examples are extrasensory perception, ufology, extraterrestrial life, ghosts, and psychic abilities.

Supernatural: entities, places, and events that falls outside the scope of scientific understanding of the laws of nature. Examples are angels, gods, spirits, magic, precognition, extrasensory perception, telekinesis, and ghosts.