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Vampire vs Vampirette - What's the difference?

vampire | vampirette |

As nouns the difference between vampire and vampirette

is that vampire is a mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living while vampirette is a female vampire.

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"

    References

    Anagrams

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    vampirette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female vampire.
  • * 1999 , Laurence A. Rickels, The vampire lectures (page 161)
    • The bond with the dead, at once sister and young bride, may give us another perspective on the same-sex eroticism that, all agree, this male writer imagines and creates between the vampirette and her victim.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 12, author=Larry Doyle, title=Iggy in Underland, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=There will be no stores open at midnight for the latest Pinkwater, no nerd swarms, girl gaggles or nerd-girl swaggles, cloaked as wizards or vampirettes , whining at the doors, demanding completion. }}