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Warlock vs Necromancy - What's the difference?

warlock | necromancy |

As nouns the difference between warlock and necromancy

is that warlock is the male equivalent of witch while necromancy is divination involving the dead or death.

warlock

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The male equivalent of witch.
  • (obsolete) A traitor or oath-breaker.
  • (obsolete) The Devil, Satan; a demon.
  • (originally Scotland and Northern UK ) A man in league with the Devil; a male magic-user, a wizard.

    • necromancy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * necyomancy, egromancy

    Noun

  • Divination involving the dead or death.
  • * 1597 King James Daemonologie
    • And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.
  • * 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer
    • And in one word for all, Nagomancy', or ' Necromancy ; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead.
  • * 1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic
    • the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy' and ' nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...
  • * 1920 L. Spence Encyc. Occult
    • There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism...
  • Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising]] or [[reanimate, reanimating the dead.

    • Derived terms

    * thread necromancy