Witch vs. Magician — What's the Difference?

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

A sorcerer; a wizard.

A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.

One who performs magic for entertainment or diversion.

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

One whose formidable skill or art seems to be magical

A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

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

A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.

One particularly skilled or competent at one's craft

A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.

To work or cast a spell on; bewitch.

An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

To cause, bring, or effect by witchcraft.

A person who astounds; an enigma.

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

One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

A person who practices witchcraft.

An entertainer who produces seemingly magical effects by clever illusions; most magicians admit that the craft is mere illusion, rather than a true supernatural art.

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

Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

An ugly or unpleasant woman.

One who practices magic or sorcery

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

One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.

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

The storm petrel.

Any of a number of flatfish:

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

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