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Occult vs Magick - What's the difference?

occult | magick |

As nouns the difference between occult and magick

is that occult is supernatural affairs while magick is .

As a verb occult

is (astronomy) to cover or hide from view.

As an adjective occult

is (lb) secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.

occult

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (astronomy) To cover or hide from view.
  • The earth occults the moon during a lunar eclipse.
  • (rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (lb) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected
  • :
  • *(Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
  • *:It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.
  • Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
  • Esoteric.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • Derived terms

    * occult line

    Noun

    (-)
  • Supernatural affairs.
  • magick

    English

    (wikipedia magick)

    Noun

  • (Wicca, Neopaganism and witchcraft) Core component of the mystical system of Thelema by . (The spelling with the terminal "k" was repopularized in the first half of the 20th century by Aleister Crowley.)
  • (neologism) Actual magic or sorcery within fiction or real life, as opposed to illusion or "stage magic".