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Koodoo vs Voodoo - What's the difference?

koodoo | voodoo |

In lang=en terms the difference between koodoo and voodoo

is that koodoo is an alternative spelling of kudu while voodoo is one who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

As a verb voodoo is

to bewitch someone or something using voodoo.

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."

    • voodoo

    English

    (wikipedia voodoo)

    Noun

  • 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.
    • I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo .
  • (dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
  • * 1889 , Longman's Magazine (volume 14, page 557)
    • 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.

    Alternative forms

    * (religion of Africa or the Americas) vodoun, voudoun, vodun, voudou, Voodoo

    Synonyms

    * (religion) voodooism

    Derived terms

    * voodoo death * voodoo doll * voodoo economics * voodooism * voodooist * voodoo programming * voodoo science

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bewitch someone or something using
    • He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.

    See also

    * hoodoo * (Haitian Vodou) * (West African Vodun) ----