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Enchantment vs Necromancy - What's the difference?

enchantment | necromancy | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between enchantment and necromancy

is that enchantment is the act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted while necromancy is divination involving the dead or death.

enchantment

English

(wikipedia enchantment)

Alternative forms

* inchantment

Noun

  • The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
  • Something that enchants; a magical spell.

    • necromancy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * necyomancy, egromancy

    Noun

  • Divination involving the dead or death.
  • * 1597 King James Daemonologie
    • And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.
  • * 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer
    • And in one word for all, Nagomancy', or ' Necromancy ; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead.
  • * 1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic
    • the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy' and ' nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...
  • * 1920 L. Spence Encyc. Occult
    • There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism...
  • Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising]] or [[reanimate, reanimating the dead.

    • Derived terms

    * thread necromancy