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Hoodoo vs Witchcraft - What's the difference?

hoodoo | witchcraft |

As nouns the difference between hoodoo and witchcraft

is that hoodoo is african traditional folk magic while witchcraft is the practice of witches; magic, sorcery or the use supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

As a verb hoodoo

is to bring bad luck or misfortune, to jinx.

hoodoo

English

(wikipedia hoodoo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring bad luck or misfortune, to jinx.

    • References

    * “ hoodoo”, Bill Casselman

    witchcraft

    English

    (wikipedia witchcraft)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The practice of witches; magic, sorcery or the use supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
  • * 1387 , John Trevisa (transl.), Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis , chapter XLIV:
    • And in þat ilond is sortilege and wicchecraft i-vsed. For wommen þere selliþ schipmen wynde, as it were i-closed vnder þre knottes of þrede, so þat þe more wynd he wol haue, he wil vnknette þe mo knottes.
    Wiccans believe in a modernised form of witchcraft .

    See also

    * spellcraft * gypsycraft English words suffixed with -craft