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Vampire vs Vampiredom - What's the difference?

vampire | vampiredom |

As nouns the difference between vampire and vampiredom

is that vampire is a mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living while vampiredom is the realm or status of vampires.

vampire

English

(wikipedia vampire)

Alternative forms

* (archaic) vampyre

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 )

    • Synonyms

    * (mythological creature) nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine * (bat) vampire bat * (blood drinker) hemovore, hematophagous

    Derived terms

    * vampire bat * vampiress * vampiric * vampirism

    Related terms

    * vamp

    See also

    * werewolf * bloodsucker * hemovore * * (Common vampire bat) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * The meaning of the word "vampire"

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    Anagrams

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    vampiredom

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The realm or status of vampires.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 12, author=Liesl Schillinger, title=Children’s Books / Young Adult, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Frozen at the age he was when vampiredom was thrust upon him (in the great influenza epidemic of 1918), Edward is now eternally a younger man, while Jake’s 16 and holding. }}