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Siren vs Lorelei - What's the difference?

siren | lorelei |

As nouns the difference between siren and lorelei

is that siren is (original sense) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks while lorelei is a siren; a temptress.

As a verb siren

is to make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

As an adjective siren

is relating to or like a siren.

siren

English

(wikipedia siren)

Alternative forms

* sirene (dated or archaic)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (original sense ) (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
  • A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
  • A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra.
  • A dangerously seductive woman.
  • A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
  • A common name for mammals of Sirenia .

    • Derived terms

    * siren song * sirenian * sirenic

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

    • Adjective

  • Relating to or like a siren.

    • Synonyms

    * bewitching * enchanting * enticing * sirenic

    References

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    lorelei

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A siren; a temptress.
  • * 1965 , William Henry Davenport, Ben Siegel, Biography past and present: selections and critical essays
    • We grew silly, tongue-tied, said foolish things we did not mean to say, shoved one another about in the boat, and finally overturned it. The loreleis laughed musical little laughs.
  • * 1977 Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
    • She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the lorelei of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us.