Ghoul vs. Vampire — What's the Difference?

Ghoul (Arabic: غول‎, ghūl) is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid originating in pre-Islamic Arabian religion, associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh. In modern fiction, the term has often been used for a certain kind of undead monster.

A vampire is a creature from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive.

An evil spirit or phantom, especially one supposed to rob graves and feed on dead bodies.

In popular folklore, an undead being in human form that survives by sucking the blood of living people, especially at night.

A person morbidly interested in death or disaster.

A person, such as an extortionist, who takes advantage of others, especially for personal gain.

An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.

A vampire bat.

In popular folklore, an undead or subhuman being, especially one that eats human flesh.

A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.

A grave robber.

(colloquial) A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.

One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.

A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)

A demon said to feed on corpses.

A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.

A graverobber.

(dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.

A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.

A medical technician who works with patients' blood.

A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns.

Synonym of anti-ship missile(ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.

An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies.

To drain of energy or resources.

Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection

A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to have the ability to transform itself into the form of a bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has inspired several movies.

An evil spirit or ghost

Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a cæcal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.

Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.

(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living