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Conure vs Conjure - What's the difference?

conure | conjure |

As nouns the difference between conure and conjure

is that conure is any of many New World parakeets of the former genus genus: Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in tribe tribe: Arini, principally genus: Psittacara and genus: Eupsittula while conjure is a practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

As a verb conjure is

to perform magic tricks.

conure

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus .

    • External links

    * ("conure" on Wikipedia) * (Arini) * (Arini)

    conjure

    English

    Verb

    (conjur)
  • To perform magic tricks.
  • To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil
  • To practice black magic.
  • To evoke.
  • To imagine or picture in the mind.
  • To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
  • * Addison
    • I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
    • Stammering out something, I knew not what, I rolled away from him against the wall, and then conjured him, whoever or whatever he might be, to keep quiet, and let me get up and light the lamp again.
  • (obsolete) To conspire or plot.
  • * Milton
    • Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (African American Vernacular English) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

    • Derived terms

    * conjurer / conjuror * conjure up * conjure with * name to conjure with

    Related terms

    * conjuration ----