Gargoyle vs Vampire - What's the difference?
gargoyle | vampire |
A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
* 1906 , , The Trampling of the Lilies? , page 110
Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
A fictional winged monster.
* 2005 , Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes? , page 200
(slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.
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 )
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
English
(wikipedia gargoyle)Noun
(en noun)- From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
- Almost immediately one of the gargoyles' swept down from the sky and attacked him. The ' gargoyle' s momentum drove them both over the side.
Synonyms
* (any decorative carved grotesque figure) grotesque, hunky punk * (ugly woman) crone, hagDerived terms
*gargoylishvampire
English
(wikipedia vampire)Alternative forms
* (archaic) vampyreNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mythological creature) nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine * (bat) vampire bat * (blood drinker) hemovore, hematophagousDerived terms
* vampire bat * vampiress * vampiric * vampirismSee also
* werewolf * bloodsucker * hemovore * * (Common vampire bat) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) *The meaning of the word "vampire"