Canon vs Demon - What's the difference?
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A generally accepted principle; a rule.
* Shakespeare
(literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
(printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
(senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
(billiards) A carom.
' 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 canon and demon
is that canon is while demon is demon.canon
English
(wikipedia canon)Noun
(en noun)- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
- (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
- the entire Shakespeare canon
- We must proceed according to canon law.
- Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
- A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
- a canon of beef or lamb
- (Knight)
Derived terms
* canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonicalAnagrams
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English
(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