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Koodoo vs Hoodoo - What's the difference?

koodoo | hoodoo |

As nouns the difference between koodoo and hoodoo

is that koodoo is (dated) while hoodoo is african traditional folk magic.

As a verb hoodoo is

to bring bad luck or misfortune, to jinx.

koodoo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated)
  • * 1976' Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, ' Jock of the Bushveld p. 190. Longman: ISBN 0582161231 (The book was first published in 1907).
  • *:"The koodoo lying partly on its side, with both hind-legs hampered by the mass of dead wood, could not rise, but it swept the clear space in front with the terrible horns, and for some time kept Jock at bay."

    • 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