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Fiend vs Daemon - What's the difference?

fiend | daemon |

As nouns the difference between fiend and daemon

is that fiend is (obsolete) an enemy, unfriend, or foe while daemon is (uncommon) or daemon can be (computing|unix) a process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

fiend

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An enemy, unfriend, or foe.
  • (religious, archaic) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
    • At the confirmation ceremony the bishop would lay his hands on the child and tie around its forehead a linen band […]. This was believed to strengthen him against the assaults of the fiend […].
  • A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
  • * 1845 , E.A. Poe, "The Raven"
    • "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend! "
  • A very evil person
  • (informal) An addict or fanatic
    • a jazz fiend

    Derived terms

    * fienddom/fiendom * fiendful * fiendhood * fiendish * fiendkin * fiendlike * fiendling * fiendly * fiendness * fiendship * dope fiend

    Synonyms

    * monster

    Anagrams

    * * *

    daemon

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * daimon

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncommon)
    • Derived terms
    * daemonic
    Related terms
    * cacodemon * cacodaemon * cacodemonic * cacodaemonic * cacodaemoniacal

    Etymology 2

    From ; a derivation from "disk and execution (monitor)" is generally considered a backronym.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
    • Usage notes
    * (Unix) Often a daemon will be a server.
    See also
    * background process

    Anagrams

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