Dryad vs. Druid — What's the Difference?

A dryad (; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology. Drys signifies "oak" in Greek, and dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, but the term has come to be used for tree nymphs in general, or human-tree hybrids in fantasy.

A druid was a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors.

(in folklore and Greek mythology) a nymph inhabiting a tree or wood.

A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers.

A dark brown Eurasian butterfly with two prominent bluish eyespots on each forewing.

One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

A divinity presiding over forests and trees; a wood nymph.

One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons.

(Greek mythology) A female tree spirit.

A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries.

A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

A deity or nymph of the woods