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Vampire and Demon Definitions

Vampire

In popular folklore, an undead being in human form that survives by sucking the blood of living people, especially at night.

Demon

An evil supernatural being; a devil.

Vampire

A person, such as an extortionist, who takes advantage of others, especially for personal gain.

Demon

A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion
The demon of drug addiction.

Vampire

A vampire bat.

Demon

One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent
Worked away like a demon.
A real demon at math.
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Vampire

A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.

Demon

Variant of daimon.

Vampire

(colloquial) A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.

Demon

An evil supernatural spirit.

Vampire

A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)

Demon

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
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Vampire

A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.

Demon

A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.

Vampire

(dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.

Demon

A very wicked or malevolent person; also in weakened sense a mischievous person, especially a child.

Vampire

A medical technician who works with patients' blood.

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.
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Vampire

Synonym of anti-ship missile(ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
Vampire. Vampire. Vampire. Battle stations.

Demon

(in plural) A person's fears or anxieties.

Vampire

To drain of energy or resources.

Demon

A neutral supernatural spirit.

Vampire

A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to have the ability to transform itself into the form of a bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has inspired several movies.
The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards, witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or by the church,

Demon

A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.

Vampire

Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

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.

Vampire

Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a cæcal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.

Demon

A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.

Vampire

Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.

Demon

A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.

Vampire

(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

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

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