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Dryad vs Woodnymph - What's the difference?

dryad | woodnymph |

As nouns the difference between dryad and woodnymph

is that dryad is in Greek myth, a female tree spirit while woodnymph is a nymph residing in a forest, a dryad.

dryad

English

(wikipedia dryad)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.

    • See also

    * Daphne * hamadryad * Meliai

    woodnymph

    English

    (wikipedia woodnymph) (Thalurania)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mythology) A nymph residing in a forest, a dryad.
  • A hummingbird of the genus Thalurania .