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Semihuman vs Demihuman - What's the difference?

semihuman | demihuman |

As nouns the difference between semihuman and demihuman

is that semihuman is alternative form of semi-human while demihuman is a human-like race or a member thereof; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.

As an adjective semihuman

is alternative form of semi-human.

semihuman

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  • * {{quote-news, year=1909, date=March 1, title=Missing Link, work=Progress citation
    • , passage=It narrates how some skeletons were found in one of the French Departments semihuman in character, the body apish, and the skull human.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1967, date=April 21, title=Behavioral Research: Rehumamized Chimps, work=TIME citation
    • , passage="In the forest," Kortlandt says, "the semihuman element in the behavior of apes faded away to a large extent."}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1994, date=February 21, title=SEGA!, work=BusinessWeek citation
    • , passage=Four stories up, young game creators in T-shirts peck away at Silicon Graphics Inc. workstations, putting semihuman figures through movements that defy gravity and logic.}}
  • * (Book review), work=The Historian citation
    • , passage=Somewhat like people in the ancient and medieval world, who imagined semihuman creatures standing between animal life and civilization, modern observers often assume Pygmies are Stone Age relics who exist as social fossils in the deep recesses of the equatorial forests.}}

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    • demihuman

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A human-like race or a member thereof; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.
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