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Periapt vs Juju - What's the difference?

periapt | juju |

As nouns the difference between periapt and juju

is that periapt is a charm worn on a necklace; an amulet while juju is a fetish or charm believed by west africans to have magical or supernatural powers or juju can be (slang) a marijuana cigarette; a joint.

periapt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.
  • * 1825 , , The Talisman , A.L. Burt Company (1832), 9-10:
    • Of all people who ever lived, the Persians were perhaps most remarkable for their unshaken credulity in amulets, spells, periapts , and similar charms, framed, it was said, under the influence of particular planets, and bestowing high medical powers, as well as the means of advancing men's fortunes in various manners.
  • * 1864 , Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England , volume 1, preface, page xx
    • The occipital bone of an asses head in a skin is also a good periapt .
  • * 1867 , Charles William King, The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals , Bell & Daldy (London), Deighton, Bell, & Co. (Cambridge), page 326
    • [Aaron’s Breastplate] was a decoration'', from the costliness of its nature; a ''periapt'' , for it was suspended round his neck by golden chains; a ''talisman , for it ensured the divine protection to the tribes whose names were thereon engraven.
  • * 1921 , Fielding H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine , W.B. Saunders Co., page 41
    • The passage in the Greek liturgy of St. Chrysostom... became a charm for intractable hemorrhage (written on the part affected or worn as a periapt )
  • * 2003 , Hannah Howell, His Immortal Embrace , Kensington Books, ISBN 0758204752, page 232
    • That is the secret of this vault, Miss Thornberry. It is his living tomb, and the periapt you wear around your neck is his epitaph.

    juju

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ju-ju

    Etymology 1

    From a West African language, probably originally from (etyl) joujou.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
  • The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
  • A superstitious belief in the karmic consequences of an action or behavior, usually negative in connotation.
    • That's some bad juju .
  • A type of music popular in Nigeria. (See )
    • Derived terms
    * jujuism

    Etymology 2

    Reduplication of -ju- in (marijuana).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 75:
  • *:‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus ,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’
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