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Amulet vs Rune - What's the difference?

amulet | rune |

As nouns the difference between amulet and rune

is that amulet is a kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, evil spirits &/or the supernatural while rune is a letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.

amulet

English

(wikipedia amulet)

Alternative forms

* amulette (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, evil spirits &/or the supernatural.
  • See also

    * medallion(s) * rosar(y/ies) * talisman(s)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    rune

    English

    (runes)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
  • A Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
  • Any verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; an incantation.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, page 15:
  • the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.
  • (obsolete) A roun.
  • Derived terms

    * runecraft * runelore * runester * runology, runologist

    Anagrams

    * ----