Abracadabra vs Shazaam - What's the difference?
abracadabra | shazaam | Synonyms |
A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word.
* 2012 , Georgina Turner, The Guardian , 28 Aug 2012:
Mumbo-jumbo]]; obscure language or [[technicality, technicalities; jargon.
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 335:
(Magic word)
* 1968 , Michael T. Malloy, The Art of Retirement , page 74
* 2004 , Robert M. Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers , page 125
Shazaam is a synonym of abracadabra.
As interjections the difference between abracadabra and shazaam
is that abracadabra is Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.shazaam is Magic wordAs a noun abracadabra
is a use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word.abracadabra
English
(wikipedia abracadabra)Noun
(en noun)- With a quiet bank holiday afternoon to fill, the Mill yesterday dug out the old magic kit, brushed the cobwebs off its top hat and practiced a few abracadabras .
- I don’t know all the theoretical abracadabra about how it works, I’m only its pilot.
- Astrology was not specifically banned in the statutes against witchcraft, but so long as its technicalities remained abracadabra to the lay public there was always a risk that the practitioner might find himself arrested for sorcery.
shazaam
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- and before you can say "Shazaam !" he is translated into Sgt. Moffatt of the Laguna Hills security force.
- Suddenly, you find yourself worrying about the strength of the dollar versus the euro and — shazaam — you switch from parasympathetic to sympathetic far faster than you wanted.