Siren vs Succubus - What's the difference?
siren | succubus |
(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 .
Relating to or like a siren.
A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.
* 1977 Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies , Part 2, Chapter 5, 1969. Translated from Italian by William Weaver.
A strumpet, whore or prostitute.
* S. J. PERELMAN "This is a hyperthyroid dame who fastens on ya like a succubus."
As nouns the difference between succubus and siren
is that succubus is a female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death while siren is (original sense) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.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
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(wikipedia siren)Alternative forms
* sirene (dated or archaic)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* siren song * sirenian * sirenicAdjective
Synonyms
* bewitching * enchanting * enticing * sirenicReferences
*Anagrams
* * * * *succubus
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Noun
(en-noun)- When the Sabbath is caught by the first ray of the rising sun, all the witches and the vampires, incubi and succubi , take flight, some transforming themselves into noctules, some into other bats, some into still other species of Chiroptera.
