Hoodoo vs Voodoo - What's the difference?
hoodoo | voodoo |
African traditional folk magic.
(geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
Something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
A religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin.
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
(pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
(dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
* 1889 , Longman's Magazine (volume 14, page 557)
As nouns the difference between hoodoo and voodoo
is that hoodoo is african traditional folk magic while voodoo is a religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin.As verbs the difference between hoodoo and voodoo
is that hoodoo is to bring bad luck or misfortune, to jinx while voodoo is to bewitch someone or something using voodoo.hoodoo
English
(wikipedia hoodoo)Noun
(en noun)References
* “hoodoo”, Bill Casselman
voodoo
English
(wikipedia voodoo)Noun
- I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo .
- So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few local Voodoos . He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious nonsense.