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Sprite vs Gremlin - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sprite and gremlin

is that sprite is a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition while gremlin is a mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.

sprite

English

Noun

(wikipedia sprite) (en noun)
  • (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
  • *1803 , William Blake,
  • *:He who torments the chafer's sprite
  • *:Weaves a bower in endless night.
  • (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  • The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  • An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.

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    gremlin

    English

    (wikipedia gremlin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.
  • (by extension) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.
  • :We rechecked everything, and we suspect gremlins in the database.