Lych vs. Lich — What's the Difference?

(obsolete) lich

In fantasy fiction, a lich (; from the Old English līċ, meaning "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's "The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games.

A corpse or dead body.

A reanimated corpse or undead being, particularly a still-intelligent undead spellcaster.

Ellipsis of lichfield

Ellipsis of lichgate

Ellipsis of lichway

(obsolete) Like; resembling; equal.

Like.

A dead body; a corpse.