Creepypasta vs Demon - What's the difference?
creepypasta | demon |
(label) Frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet.
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' a Greek or Roman godling' )
* daimon (''typically only used in the sense of ' inner spirit' or ' personal guardian' )
An evil spirit.
A fallen angel or Satanic divinity; a false god.
One’s inner spirit or genius, a daimon.
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A genius, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place, household, or individual.
A foible; a flaw in a person’s character.
Someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability.
(figurative) Anything with malevolent effects.
As nouns the difference between creepypasta and demon
is that creepypasta is (label) frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the internet while demon is demon.creepypasta
English
Noun
Spooked by 'Slender'", Fuse (Sheffield Students' Union), Volume 9, Issue 49, 14 September 2012, page 2:
- The game was born from the familiar 'Slenderman' image, which you may or may not be familiar with from internet memes and creepypasta horror stories.
Hunstman: The Orphanage", Adventure Lantern , Issue 46, September 2013, page 7:
- Listen to the nineteen personal creepypasta -style stories to piece together the mysterious events of that fateful night in 1898, when twelve orphans simply… disappeared!"
The 10 Best Original Soundtracks In The Gaming World", Tastemakers Magazine (Northeastern University), Issue 33, Fall 2013, page 11:
- The eerie “Lavender Town” theme has infiltrated the nightmares of an entire generation of children and has even inspired one of the most well known “creepypastas ” on the Internet.
demon
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(wikipedia demon)Alternative forms
* daemon, (typically only used today for the sense ofNoun
(en noun)- The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
- He’s a demon at the card tables.
- the demon drink
