Magic vs. Sorcery — What's the Difference?

A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.

The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions.

Use of supernatural power over others through the assistance of spirits; witchcraft.

The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces

Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.

Having or apparently having supernatural powers

Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.

Wonderful; exciting

Move, change, or create by or as if by magic

The art or practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control events in nature.

The charms, spells, and rituals so used.

The exercise of sleight of hand or conjuring, as in making something seem to disappear, for entertainment.

A mysterious quality of enchantment

Of, relating to, or invoking the supernatural

Possessing distinctive qualities that produce unaccountable or baffling effects.

To produce, alter, or cause by or as if by magic

To cause to disappear by or as if by magic. Used with away

The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.

A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell.

The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.

Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.

Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.

Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.

Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.

Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.

(colloquial) Great; excellent.

(physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.

(programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable

(transitive) To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.

A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.

The art of creating illusions which appear to the observer to be inexplicable except by some supernatural influence; it includes simple sleight of hand (legerdemain) as well as more elaborate stage magic, using special devices constructed to produce mystifying effects; as, the magic of David Copperfield. It is practised as an entertainment, by magicians who do not pretend to have supernatural powers.

Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.

Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery; as, a magical spell.

Any art that invokes supernatural powers

An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers;