Sorcerer vs. Voodoo: What's the Difference?

Sorcerer and Voodoo Definitions
Sorcerer
One who practices sorcery; a wizard.
Voodoo
A religion of West African origin practiced chiefly in Haiti and other Caribbean countries, based on animism, magic, and elements of Roman Catholic ritual, and characterized by belief in a supreme God and a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. Also called vodoun.
Sorcerer
A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.
Voodoo
A practitioner, priest, or priestess of voodoo.
Sorcerer
A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers.
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Voodoo
Deceptive or delusive nonsense.
Sorcerer
One who practices magic or sorcery
Voodoo
To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch.
Voodoo
Of or relating to the beliefs or practices of voodoo.
Voodoo
Based on unrealistic or delusive assumptions
Voodoo economics.
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Voodoo
Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
Voodoo
The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
Voodoo
(pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.
Voodoo
(dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
Voodoo
To bewitch someone or something using voodoo
He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.
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Voodoo
See Voodooism.
Voodoo
One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.
Voodoo
Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.
Voodoo
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Voodoo
A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
Voodoo
Bewitch by or as if by a voodoo