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Ogre vs Ghoul - What's the difference?

ogre | ghoul |

As a proper noun ogre

is a town in central latvia.

As a noun ghoul is

(mythology|folklore) a spirit said to feed on corpses.

ogre

English

(wikipedia ogre)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
  • (figuratively) A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.

    • Related terms

    * ogreish, ogrish * ogress * ogry

    Anagrams

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    ghoul

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ghole

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mythology, folklore) A spirit said to feed on corpses.
  • * 1927 — , Pickman's Model
    • The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.
  • A graverobber
  • A person with an undue interest in death and corpses.

    • Derived terms

    * ghoulish

    Related terms

    * (graverobber) resurrection man, resurrectionist, body snatcher

    Descendants

    * Portuguese: (l)

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