Demoness vs. Demon — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Demoness and Demon
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Definitions
Demoness
A female demon; (in extended use) a cruel or wicked woman.
Demon
A demon is a supernatural being, typically associated with evil, prevalent historically in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime, and television series. In Ancient Near Eastern religions and in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered a harmful spiritual entity which may cause demonic possession, calling for an exorcism.
Demoness
A female demon.
In Lilith abandoned heaven and became the first demoness on Earth.
Demon
An evil supernatural being; a devil.
Demoness
A female demon.
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Demon
A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion
The demon of drug addiction.
Demon
One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent
Worked away like a demon.
A real demon at math.
Demon
Variant of daimon.
Demon
An evil supernatural spirit.
Demon
An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
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Demon
A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
Demon
A very wicked or malevolent person; also in weakened sense a mischievous person, especially a child.
Demon
A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
Demon
(in plural) A person's fears or anxieties.
Demon
A neutral supernatural spirit.
Demon
A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
Demon
(Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
Demon
A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
Demon
A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
Demon
Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
He’s a demon at the card tables.
Demon
(card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
Demon
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
Demon
A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human.
Demon
One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.
Demon
An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus.
Demon
One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
Demon
A cruel wicked and inhuman person
Demon
Someone extremely diligent or skillful;
He worked like a demon to finish the job on time
She's a demon at math
