Vampire vs Incubus - What's the difference?
vampire | incubus |
A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.
(colloquial) A person with the medical condition , colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity, brownish-red stained teeth, and increased night vision.
A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus )
An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
*, vol. I, New York 2001, p.249:
Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 132-3:
*:Notions of civic virtue were at that moment changing, in ways which would make of Louis's alleged vices an incubus on the back of the monarchy.
One of various of parasitic insects, especially
As nouns the difference between vampire and incubus
is that vampire is a mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living while incubus is an evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.vampire
English
(wikipedia vampire)Alternative forms
* (archaic) vampyreNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mythological creature) nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine * (bat) vampire bat * (blood drinker) hemovore, hematophagousDerived terms
* vampire bat * vampiress * vampiric * vampirismSee also
* werewolf * bloodsucker * hemovore * * (Common vampire bat) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) *The meaning of the word "vampire"
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English
(wikipedia incubus)Noun
(en-noun)- it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus , night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […].