What is the difference between elf and gnome?
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(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
* Shakespeare
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. Usually skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse (through Tolkien's Eldar)
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
* 1996 , , Giorgio A. Pinton, Arthur W. Shippee (translators), The Art of Rhetoric'', [1711-1741, Giambattista Vico, ''Institutiones Oratoriae ],
* 2003 , Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Tragedy and Athenian Religion ,
(magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
* 1811 , The Medical and Physical Journal , Volume 25,
* 2006 , Greg Lynch, RuneQuest Monsters ,
* 2007 , Christopher Penczak, Ascension Magick: Ritual, Myth and Healing for the New Aeon ,
(mythology, fantasy literature) One of a legendary race of human-like beings, usually imagined as short bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.
* 2011 , Ross Lawhead, The Realms Thereunder ,
A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
The (northern pygmy owl), , a small owl of the western United States.
A small statue placed in a garden to ward off pests and protect a home from sorcery.
* 2011 , Bronwen Forbes, The Small-Town Pagan's Survival Guide ,
(astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue starter.
As nouns the difference between elf and gnome
is that elf is a luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy while gnome is a brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.As an initialism ELF
is initialism of w:Earth Liberation Front|Earth Liberation Front|lang=en a radical environmentalism group.As a proper noun GNOME is
an open source, free software computer desktop environment for Unix operating systems.elf
English
Noun
(elves) (wikipedia elf)- Every elf , and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.
Derived terms
* elfin * elfinwood * elfish * Elfland * elflock * elven * elvish * light elves * dark elvesSee also
* fay * fairy * brownie * dwarf * hobbitReferences
* Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races'' Series, Volume 2 ''Eddic , Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.Anagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----gnome
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)page 125,
- The Greeks in their tongue call this second type of maxim noema''. The gnome''' is more appropriate to the philosophers, and the noema to the orators, to the poets, and to the historians. To speak by '''gnomes alone was referred to by the Greeks as "philosophizing" which we Italians would render as "to mouth maxims" (''sputar sentenze ).
page 386,
- Thus, the gnome''''' concerning the precarious nature of, and the potential suffering in, human life sent by the gods uttered by Electra is deconstructed by her choice of paradigm. By using Tantalos as an illustration, the play overturns the apparent meaning of the '''''gnome .
Synonyms
* adage, apothegm, maxim, paroemia, proverb, sententiaEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 138,
- He adopts the Rosycrusian fancy of Gnomes , spirits which inhabit the earth, and who by their power form the ores of metals, and all the wonders met with in the inmost recesses of the globe.
page 52,
- Gnomes are perhaps the most useful of the elementals.
- A gnome' can carry a person with it as it swims through the soil, provided it is strong enough to lift the person. The ' gnome cannot, however, provide air for that person.
page 413,
- Elementals are the consciousness guiding the four classical elements of earth, fire, air, and water. These elementals are depicted as gnomes , salamanders, diminutive faeries known as sylphs, and merfolk, known as undines, respectively.
page 251,
- There were not one but four gnomes standing at his feet. “I nearly trod on you,” Daniel said. “What are you doing here?”
- The gnomes just stood, looking up at him.
page 72,
- My mother-in-law, who swears she is a good Lutheran but is also the most powerful Witch I have ever met, also has at least a dozen small lawn gnomes' peeking out from beside her shrubs, next to the lilac bushes, and hanging out with the roses. My husband has already started our collection; as of this writing, four '''gnomes''' and one moss-covered rabbit hang out in the shrubbery by the front door, two ' gnomes live in the dining room, and one guards the perpetual pile of to-do paperwork that lives next to the computer.
