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Satyr vs Werewolf - What's the difference?

satyr | werewolf |

As nouns the difference between satyr and werewolf

is that satyr is a being who is half-man and half-goat, often symbolised with pan, the greek god of nature christianity however, tends to symbolise them with satan while werewolf is a person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.

satyr

English

Alternative forms

* satyre (rare or archaic) * satyrus (rare)

Noun

(wikipedia satyr) (en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A male companion of Pan or Dionysus with the tail of a horse and a perpetual erection.
  • * Milton
  • Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long.
  • (Roman mythology) A faun.
  • A lecherous man.
  • Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae , having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  • (obsolete) The orangutan.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

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    werewolf

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Noun

    (werewolves)
  • A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.
  • Derived terms

    * werewolfdom * werewolfish

    Synonyms

    * wolfman * lycanthrope

    See also

    * turnskin * were- * werebear * wereboar * wererat * weretiger