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Immortal vs Ringwraith - What's the difference?

immortal | ringwraith |

As nouns the difference between immortal and ringwraith

is that immortal is one who is not susceptible to death while ringwraith is figuratively, a person who is loyal as if bound or entranced to a rock and roll band, group or organization.

As an adjective immortal

is not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

As a proper noun Ringwraith is

anyone who keeps a magical ring, and is enslaved thereby, and may also be rendered invisible and immortal thereby.

immortal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
  • Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
    • his immortal words
  • Connected with or relating to immortality.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have immortal longings in me.
  • (obsolete) Great; excessive; grievous.
    • (Hayward)

    Synonyms

    * undeadly * deathless * everlasting

    Antonyms

    * mortal

    Derived terms

    * immortality * immortally

    Related terms

    * (never dying) indestructible, unabolishable, unextinguishable * (being always remembered) unerasable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is not susceptible to death.
  • A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
  • A member of the Académie française.
  • (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon; a wizard.
  • * 1999 , "Corey Crawford", RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.announce )
    • Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals . Immortals do not need experiance(SIC).

    External links

    * (Persian Immortals) *

    Related terms

    * mortal * mortality * mortician ----

    ringwraith

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Figuratively, a person who is loyal as if bound or entranced to a rock and roll band, group or organization.
  • *1976 , Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada , p192
  • *:It is twisted out of shape and used for base purposes by the ringwraiths , the bent ones among the intellectuals, for purposes that are transient...
  • *1982 , William Ready, Files on Parade: A Memoir , 1982, p231,
  • *:...or shandy quaffers at tennis with Joan Hunter-Dunn, even though many of them are mere ringwraiths of the Thomson Empire.
  • *2005 , Erik Davis, Led Zeppelin IV p9
  • *:This book, then, is a sort of tribute: an ode to the Himalaya of heavy rock, a paganish take on rock and roll, ringwraiths , and the iconic fetish of the gatefold LP."