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Vixen vs Vampire - What's the difference?

vixen | vampire |

As nouns the difference between vixen and vampire

is that vixen is a female fox while vampire is "vampires".

vixen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female fox.
  • A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
  • * 1859: , . Adam Bede : page 54. Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999:
    • . . . and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a contiunal dropping on a very rainy day, he had not a vixen in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish.
  • (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.

    • Synonyms

    * (female fox) female fox * bitch, virago, she-devil, hellcat * (racy or salacious woman) fox, sex kitten, nymphomaniac, vamp

    Hypernyms

    * (female fox) fox

    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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