Fiend vs Succuba - What's the difference?
fiend | succuba |
(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:
A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
* 1845 , E.A. Poe, "The Raven"
A very evil person
(informal) An addict or fanatic
A female demon or fiend; a succubus.
* The Mirror for Magistrates
As nouns the difference between fiend and succuba
is that fiend is (obsolete) an enemy, unfriend, or foe while succuba is a female demon or fiend; a succubus.fiend
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- 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 […].
- "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend! "
- a jazz fiend
Derived terms
* fienddom/fiendom * fiendful * fiendhood * fiendish * fiendkin * fiendlike * fiendling * fiendly * fiendness * fiendship * dope fiendSynonyms
* monsterAnagrams
* * *succuba
English
Noun
(succubae)- Though seeming in shape a woman natural / Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call.