Nymph vs Succubus - What's the difference?
nymph | succubus |
The larva of certain insects.
Any minor female deity associated with water, forests, grotto, etc.
A young girl, especially one who inspires lustful feelings.
A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.
* 1977 Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies , Part 2, Chapter 5, 1969. Translated from Italian by William Weaver.
A strumpet, whore or prostitute.
* S. J. PERELMAN "This is a hyperthyroid dame who fastens on ya like a succubus."
As nouns the difference between nymph and succubus
is that nymph is the larva of certain insects while succubus is a female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.nymph
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(wikipedia nymph)Alternative forms
* nymphe (rare or archaic)Noun
Synonyms
* (insect larva) instar, naiad * (attractive young woman) lolita, nymphet, nymphetteDerived terms
* nymphet * nymphette * nymphoidSee also
* alseid, auloniad, crinaeae, limnades, meliae, napaeae, oceanids, oreads, pegaeae * dryads, hamadryads, naiads, nereids * Hesperidessuccubus
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Noun
(en-noun)- When the Sabbath is caught by the first ray of the rising sun, all the witches and the vampires, incubi and succubi , take flight, some transforming themselves into noctules, some into other bats, some into still other species of Chiroptera.
