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Undead vs Immortal - What's the difference?

undead | immortal |

As adjectives the difference between undead and immortal

is that undead is pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life while immortal is not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

As nouns the difference between undead and immortal

is that undead is those creatures which are dead yet still moving while immortal is one who is not susceptible to death.

undead

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
  • (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia undead) (en-noun)
  • Those creatures which are dead yet still moving.
  • In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some nubile skinny-dipping teenagers.
  • * 1997 , Carol Margaret Davison, Paul Simpson-Housley, Bram Stoker's Dracula: sucking through the century, 1897-1997
  • Innocent VIII lent credibility to the actual existence of undeads , an action that perpetuated, and even stimulated, vampire hysteria.

    See also

    * zombie * vampire * mummy * living dead * Frankenstein * Frankenstein's monster

    immortal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
  • Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
  • his immortal words
  • Connected with or relating to immortality.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I have immortal longings in me.
  • (obsolete) Great; excessive; grievous.
  • (Hayward)

    Synonyms

    * undeadly * deathless * everlasting

    Antonyms

    * mortal

    Derived terms

    * immortality * immortally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is not susceptible to death.
  • A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
  • A member of the Académie française.
  • (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon; a wizard.
  • * 1999 , "Corey Crawford", RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.announce )
  • Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals . Immortals do not need experiance(SIC).