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Affliction vs Demonology - What's the difference?

affliction | demonology |

As nouns the difference between affliction and demonology

is that affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony while demonology is the study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.

affliction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  • Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]

    • demonology

    English

    Noun

    (demonologies)
  • The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.
  • * 1990 , , Eric , p 27,
    • But it wasn't all that strange, because any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology , then it lay with the demons.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * demonologist