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Magician vs Necromancer - What's the difference?

magician | necromancer |

As nouns the difference between magician and necromancer

is that magician is a person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic while necromancer is a person who practices necromancy.

magician

Alternative forms

* magitian (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
  • A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts (often derogatory).
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  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians ”.}}
  • A performer of tricks or an escapologist.
  • An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
  • A person who astounds, is an enigma.
  • Synonyms

    * (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard, warlock, witch, magic user * (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts) spiritualist, mystic, witch doctor * (performer of tricks) wizard, trickster, stage magician * (talented craftsman or scientist) whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard * phenomenon * See also

    necromancer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * necromant * nigromancer * necromance * nigromant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who practices necromancy.