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Rampire vs Vampire - What's the difference?

rampire | vampire |

As nouns the difference between rampire and vampire

is that rampire is a rampart while vampire is "vampires".

As a verb rampire

is (archaic|transitive) to fortify with a rampart; to form into a rampart.

rampire

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rampart.
  • * Dryden
    • The Trojans round the place a rampire cast.

    Verb

    (rampir)
  • (archaic) To fortify with a rampart; to form into a rampart.
    • (Chapman)
    Rampired walls of gold. — R. Browning.
    (Webster 1913)

    vampire

    English

    (wikipedia vampire)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) vampyre

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.
  • (colloquial) A person with the medical condition , colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity, brownish-red stained teeth, and increased night vision.
  • A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus )

    • Synonyms

    * (mythological creature) nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine * (bat) vampire bat * (blood drinker) hemovore, hematophagous

    Derived terms

    * vampire bat * vampiress * vampiric * vampirism

    Related terms

    * vamp

    See also

    * werewolf * bloodsucker * hemovore * * (Common vampire bat) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * The meaning of the word "vampire"

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