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Witchcraft vs Voodooism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between witchcraft and voodooism

is that witchcraft is the practice of witches; magic, sorcery or the use supernatural powers to influence or predict events while voodooism is (uncountable) a religious cult, from haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery.

witchcraft

English

(wikipedia witchcraft)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The practice of witches; magic, sorcery or the use supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
  • * 1387 , John Trevisa (transl.), Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Monachi Cestrensis , chapter XLIV:
    • And in þat ilond is sortilege and wicchecraft i-vsed. For wommen þere selliþ schipmen wynde, as it were i-closed vnder þre knottes of þrede, so þat þe more wynd he wol haue, he wil vnknette þe mo knottes.
    Wiccans believe in a modernised form of witchcraft .

    See also

    * spellcraft * gypsycraft English words suffixed with -craft

    voodooism

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A religious cult, from Haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery.
  • (countable) Any voodoo practice.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "voodooism")