Hoodoo vs. Voodoo
Difference Between Hoodoo and Voodoo
Hoodoo➦
voodoo or witchcraft
a visit to a local hoodoo doctor
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Voodoo➦
a black religious cult practised in the Caribbean and the southern US, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession
if you understand voodoo you can talk to these spirits
a voodoo priest
they can use voodoo to help people
a voodoo doll
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Hoodoo➦
a column or pinnacle of weathered rock
a towering sandstone hoodoo
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Voodoo➦
affect (someone) by the practice of voodoo
someone had voodooed her
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Hoodoo➦
bewitch
she's hoodooed you
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Voodoo➦
A religion of West African origin practiced chiefly in Haiti and other Caribbean countries, based on animism, magic, and elements of Roman Catholic ritual, and characterized by belief in a supreme God and a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. Also called vodoun.
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Hoodoo➦
Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean.Also called conjure.
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Voodoo➦
A practitioner, priest, or priestess of voodoo.
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Hoodoo➦
A practitioner of hoodoo.
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Voodoo➦
Deceptive or delusive nonsense.
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Hoodoo➦
Voodoo.
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Voodoo➦
To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch.
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Hoodoo➦
Bad luck.
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Voodoo➦
Of or relating to the beliefs or practices of voodoo.
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Hoodoo➦
One that brings bad luck.
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Voodoo➦
Based on unrealistic or delusive assumptions
voodoo economics.
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Hoodoo➦
(Geology)A column of eccentrically shaped rock, produced by differential weathering.
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Voodoo➦
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
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Hoodoo➦
To practice hoodoo on; affect with a charm or curse.
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Voodoo➦
The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
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Hoodoo➦
To bring bad luck to.
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Voodoo➦
(pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.
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Hoodoo➦
(uncountable) A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
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Voodoo➦
(dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
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Hoodoo➦
A practitioner of voodoo.
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Voodoo➦
To bewitch someone or something using voodoo
He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.
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Hoodoo➦
Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
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Voodoo➦
See Voodooism.
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Hoodoo➦
(geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
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Voodoo➦
One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.
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Hoodoo➦
(transitive) To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.
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Voodoo➦
Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.
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Hoodoo➦
One who causes bad luck.
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Voodoo➦
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
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Hoodoo➦
Same as voodoo.
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Voodoo➦
a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
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Hoodoo➦
Bad luck.
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Voodoo➦
bewitch by or as if by a voodoo
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Hoodoo➦
A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape.
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Hoodoo➦
To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch.
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Hoodoo➦
a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock;
a tall sandstone hoodoo
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Hoodoo➦
a practitioner of voodoo
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Hoodoo➦
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
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Hoodoo➦
something believed to bring bad luck
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Hoodoo➦
bring back luck; be a source of misfortune
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