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Lich vs Lych - What's the difference?

lich | lych |

As nouns the difference between lich and lych

is that lich is a corpse or dead body while lych is an alternative spelling of lich.

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 ----

    lych

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (label)
  • *1849 , Andrew Trimen, Church and Chapel Architecture , page 114: