Magic vs. Science — What's the Difference?

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

Science (from Latin scientia 'knowledge') is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.The earliest roots of science can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age.

Having or apparently having supernatural powers

The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena

Wonderful; exciting

Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena

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

A systematic method or body of knowledge in a given area

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

(Archaic) Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.

The charms, spells, and rituals so used.

(countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability.

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

Specifically the natural sciences.

A mysterious quality of enchantment

Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.

Of, relating to, or invoking the supernatural

The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.

Possessing distinctive qualities that produce unaccountable or baffling effects.

(uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.

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

(uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.

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

The scientific community.

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.

Synonym of sweet science

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

Obsolete spelling of scion

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

To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

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

To use science to solve a problem.

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

Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

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

Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.

The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions.

Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; - called also natural science, and physical science.

Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.

Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.

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

Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.

Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.

To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

(colloquial) Great; excellent.

A particular branch of scientific knowledge;

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

Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain;

(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;