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Gargoyle vs Vampire - What's the difference?

gargoyle | vampire |

As nouns the difference between gargoyle and vampire

is that gargoyle is a carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters while vampire is "vampires".

gargoyle

Noun

(en noun)
  • A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
  • * 1906 , , The Trampling of the Lilies? , page 110
  • From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
  • Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
  • A fictional winged monster.
  • * 2005 , Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes? , page 200
  • Almost immediately one of the gargoyles' swept down from the sky and attacked him. The ' gargoyle' s momentum drove them both over the side.
  • (slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.
  • Synonyms

    * (any decorative carved grotesque figure) grotesque, hunky punk * (ugly woman) crone, hag

    Derived terms

    *gargoylish

    vampire

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) vampyre

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.
  • (colloquial) A person with the medical condition , colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity, brownish-red stained teeth, and increased night vision.
  • A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus )
  • Synonyms

    * (mythological creature) nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine * (bat) vampire bat * (blood drinker) hemovore, hematophagous

    Derived terms

    * vampire bat * vampiress * vampiric * vampirism

    See also

    * werewolf * bloodsucker * hemovore * * (Common vampire bat) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * The meaning of the word "vampire"

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