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Spellfire vs Spellwork - What's the difference?

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Spellfire is a related term of spellwork.


As nouns the difference between spellfire and spellwork

is that spellfire is (fantasy) the exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc) as in magical combat while spellwork is any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.

spellfire

English

Noun

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  • (fantasy) The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.
  • * 1995 , Lucy Sussex, Judith Raphael Buckrich, She's fantastical (page 191)
  • Just the tiniest speck of spellfire pushed into his palm.
  • * 2001 , Sean K. Reynolds, Angel Leigh McCoy, Duane Maxwell, Magic of Faerun
  • She gains one level of spellfire energy for every spell level absorbed and can store a number of spellfire energy levels equal to her Constitution.
  • * 2009 , Laura Anne Gilman, Flesh and Fire (page 370)
  • Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire , and felt something twist in his gut.

    See also

    * gunfire * spellwork * spellcraft * spell model * spell formula

    spellwork

    English

    Alternative forms

    * spell work, spell-work

    Noun

    (-)
  • Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.
  • * 1994 , Edain McCoy, A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk , ISBN 9780875427331, p. 116:
  • All spellwork with faeries should be done within the safe confines of your circle, with the faeries just outside its perimeter.
  • * 2009 , Louie Jerome, Peter and the Black Dog , ISBN 9781606937372, p. 46:
  • I did have a passing interest in Wicca, but once I realized that spell work was involved, I stopped.
  • The formula or formulation of one or more spells or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a spell.
  • * 1993 , "Celtic Magic'' by " (advertisement) in Ted Andrews, ''Enchantment of the Faerie Realm , ISBN 9780875420028, p. 224:
  • There is also an in-depth discussion of Celtic deities and the Celtic way of life and worship, so that an intermediate practitioner can expand upon the spellwork to build a series of magical rituals.
  • * 2001 , , Legacy of Blood , ISBN 9780743423120, p. 82:
  • The spellwork she had utilized to quicker get her to her destination had taken too much from the dark mage.

    Synonyms

    * (magical practice) charmwork, wandwork