Witch vs. Caster — What's the Difference?

A person, especially a woman, claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.

A caster (or castor) is an undriven wheel that is designed to be attached to the bottom of a larger object (the "vehicle") to enable that object to be moved. Casters are used in numerous applications, including shopping carts, office chairs, toy wagons, hospital beds, and material handling equipment.

A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.

One that casts

(Offensive) An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.

Also cas·tor (kăstər) A small wheel on a swivel, attached under a piece of furniture or other heavy object to make it easier to move.

A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.

A small bottle, pot, or shaker for holding a condiment.

(Informal) A woman or girl considered to be charming or fascinating.

A stand for a set of condiment containers.

One particularly skilled or competent at one's craft

Someone or something that casts.

To work or cast a spell on; bewitch.

A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).

To cause, bring, or effect by witchcraft.

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

To use a divining rod to find underground water or minerals; dowse.

A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.

A person who practices witchcraft.

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

(now usually particularly) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.

To act as a caster

An ugly or unpleasant woman.

One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.

A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.

A stand to hold a set of cruets.

(geometry) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

The storm petrel.

A worker who casts molten metal into finished products

Any of a number of flatfish:

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.

A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.

Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.

The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.

(intransitive) To dowse for water.

To practise witchcraft.

(transitive) To bewitch.

A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; - now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.

An ugly old woman; a hag.

One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; - said especially of a woman or child.

A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

The stormy petrel.

A Wiccan; an adherent or practitioner of Wicca, a religion which in different forms may be paganistic and nature-oriented, or ditheistic. The term witch applies to both male and female adherents in this sense.

To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.

A female sorcerer or magician

A being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil

An ugly evil-looking old woman

Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something