different between sorcerer vs sorcery

English

Alternative forms

• sorceror (common misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle English sorcerere, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin *sortiarius, from Latin sors, sortis (“oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to sort, lineup”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??s???(?)/
• (US) enPR: sôr?-s?r-?r, IPA^(key): /?s??.s?.?/

Noun

sorcerer (plural sorcerers, feminine sorceress)

1. (mythology, folklore, fantasy) A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.

Synonyms

• magician
• wizard

Related terms

• ensorcel
• sorcery (noun)
• sorceress

Translations

Middle English

Noun

sorcerer

1. Alternative form of sorcerere

English

Etymology

From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to sort, line up”). Compare also French sorcier.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sôr's?r?, IPA^(key): /?s??.s?.?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.s?.?i/

Noun

sorcery (countable and uncountable, plural sorceries)

1. Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.

Synonyms

• black magic
• magic
• witchcraft
• wizardry
• warlockry
• wizardcraft
• hexcraft
• spellcraft
• spellcasting

Related terms

• sorcerer
• sorceress
• sort

Translations

See also

• Sorcery in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sorcerye, sorcerie, sorcere, socerry, soserye, socerye

Etymology

From Middle French sorcerie, from Old French sorcerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?rs??ri?(?)/, /s?rs??re?(?)/
• (with /rs/?/s/) IPA^(key): /s?s??ri?(?)/, /s?s??re?(?)/

Noun

sorcery (plural sorceries)

1. sorcery, wizardry, magic
2. A supernatural event

Related terms

• sorcerere
• sorceresse

Descendants

• English: sorcery
• Scots: sorcery

References

• “sorcer?(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.