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Pyromania vs Pyrophile - What's the difference?

pyromania | pyrophile |

As nouns the difference between pyromania and pyrophile

is that pyromania is a compulsive disorder characterised by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires while pyrophile is a creature that likes and delights in the presence of fire.

pyromania

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (psychology) A compulsive disorder characterised by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

    • Related terms

    * pyromaniac * pyromaniacal

    External links

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    pyrophile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A creature that likes and delights in the presence of fire
  • (dated, rare) A person who accepts that the energy of volcanos originates from the heat of the Earth's interior
  • A pyromaniac