Demon vs. Succubus — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Demon and Succubus
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Demon
A demon is a supernatural being, typically associated with evil, prevalent historically in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime, and television series. In Ancient Near Eastern religions and in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered a harmful spiritual entity which may cause demonic possession, calling for an exorcism.
Succubus
A succubus is a demon or supernatural entity in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. According to religious traditions, repeated sexual activity with a succubus can cause poor physical or mental health, even death.
Demon
An evil supernatural being; a devil.
Succubus
A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.
Demon
A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion
The demon of drug addiction.
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Succubus
A female demon supposed to descend upon and have sexual intercourse with a man while he sleeps.
Demon
One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent
Worked away like a demon.
A real demon at math.
Succubus
An evil spirit; a demon.
Demon
Variant of daimon.
Succubus
(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.
Demon
An evil supernatural spirit.
Succubus
A strumpet, whore or prostitute.
Demon
An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
Succubus
A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.
Demon
A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
Succubus
The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.
Demon
A very wicked or malevolent person; also in weakened sense a mischievous person, especially a child.
Succubus
A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
Demon
A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
Demon
(in plural) A person's fears or anxieties.
Demon
A neutral supernatural spirit.
Demon
A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
Demon
(Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
Demon
A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
Demon
A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
Demon
Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
He’s a demon at the card tables.
Demon
(card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
Demon
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
Demon
A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human.
Demon
One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.
Demon
An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus.
Demon
One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
Demon
A cruel wicked and inhuman person
Demon
Someone extremely diligent or skillful;
He worked like a demon to finish the job on time
She's a demon at math
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