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Sylphic vs Sylphid - What's the difference?

sylphic | sylphid |

As an adjective sylphic

is of or pertaining to a sylph.

As a noun sylphid is

a young or little sylph.

sylphic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to a sylph
  • slender and graceful

    • sylphid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) A young or little sylph.
    • The place of the sylphid queen. — J. R. Drake.
    Ye sylphs and sylphids , to your chief give ear. — Alexander Pope.
    (Webster 1913)