Pixy vs. Elf — What's the Difference?

A fairylike or elfin creature, especially one that is mischievous; a playful sprite.

An elf (plural: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore (especially North Germanic mythology and folklore). In medieval Germanic-speaking cultures, elves generally seem to have been thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them.

Playfully mischievous.

A mythical creature in human form but usually smaller, often considered mischievous.

Alternative spelling of pixie

A lively, mischievous child.

An old English name for a fairy; an elf.

A usually sprightly or mischievous or sometimes spiteful person.

A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.

(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.

Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).

A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

(South Africa) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.

An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

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