Undead vs Immortal - What's the difference?
undead | immortal |
Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
(horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.
Those creatures which are dead yet still moving.
* 1997 , Carol Margaret Davison, Paul Simpson-Housley, Bram Stoker's Dracula: sucking through the century, 1897-1997
Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
Connected with or relating to immortality.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Great; excessive; grievous.
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 )
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
(-)Noun
(wikipedia undead) (en-noun)- In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some nubile skinny-dipping teenagers.
- 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 monsterimmortal
English
Adjective
(-)- his immortal words
- I have immortal longings in me.
- (Hayward)
Synonyms
* undeadly * deathless * everlastingAntonyms
* mortalDerived terms
* immortality * immortallyNoun
(en noun)- Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals . Immortals do not need experiance(SIC).