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Lech vs Lich - What's the difference?

lech | lich |

As a proper noun lech

is .

As a noun lich is

(archaic) a corpse or dead body.

lech

English

(wikipedia lech)

Etymology 1

Backformation from lecher

Alternative forms

* letch

Noun

(es)
  • (slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
  • (slang) A lecher.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • (slang) To behave lecherously
  • English clippings

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The capstone of a cromlech.
  • lich

    English

    (wikipedia lich)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (archaic) A corpse or dead body.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1983 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Poul Anderson , title=Time Patrolman , chapter= , url= , genre=Sci-Fi , publisher= , isbn=9780812530766 , page= , passage=She saw him again that eventide, but then he was a reddened lich . }}
  • (fantasy, roleplay) A reanimated corpse or undead being.
  • *1974 , (Karl Edward Wagner), ‘Sticks’:
  • *:It was a lich ’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.
  • Derived terms

    * lichgate * lych-gate ----