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Pyromancer vs Pyromancy - What's the difference?

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Pyromancer is a related term of pyromancy.


As nouns the difference between pyromancer and pyromancy

is that pyromancer is one that performs divination using fire while pyromancy is divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information.

pyromancer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One that performs divination using fire.
  • One that has a magical ability to conjure or control fire.
  • pyromancy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information.
  • The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire.
  • Synonyms

    * (conjuring or controlling fire) pyrokinesis

    Hyponyms

    * alomancy, divination by salt, one type of which involves casting salt into a fire * botanomancy, divination by burning plants * capnomancy, divination by smoke; light, thin smoke that rose straight up was a good omen; otherwise, a bad one. * causinomancy, divination by burning (non-specific as to the object burned) * daphnomancy (also, empyromancy), divination by burning laurel leaves * osteomancy, divination using bones, one type of which involves heating to produce cracks * plastromancy, divination using turtle plastrons; in China, this was done by heating pits carved into them. * scapulimancy, divination by scapulae; in Asia and North America, this was done pyromantically. * sideromancy, divination by burning straw.