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Badlands vs Hoodoo - What's the difference?

badlands | hoodoo |

As nouns the difference between badlands and hoodoo

is that badlands is an arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks while hoodoo is african traditional folk magic.

As a verb hoodoo is

to bring bad luck or misfortune, to jinx.

badlands

English

Noun

(-)
  • (geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.
  • Synonyms

    * desert * moonscape *

    hoodoo

    English

    (wikipedia hoodoo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • African traditional folk magic.
  • (geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
  • Something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring bad luck or misfortune, to jinx.
  • References

    * “ hoodoo”, Bill Casselman