Elf vs Gremlin - What's the difference?
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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 mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.
(by extension) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.
:We rechecked everything, and we suspect gremlins in the database.
As nouns the difference between elf and gremlin
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 gremlin is a mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.As an initialism ELF
is initialism of w:Earth Liberation Front|Earth Liberation Front|lang=en a radical environmentalism group.elf
English
Noun
(elves) (wikipedia elf)- Every elf , and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.