What's the difference between necromancer and sorcerer?

Necromancer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As well as playing Smaug, Cumberbatch is voicing the Necromancer, the evil Mirkwood sorcerer who is revealed in the Lord of the Rings to be the evil spirit Sauron.
  • (2) The British actor plays a headline-grabbing villain role in the next Star Trek film, titled Into Darkness, and is voicing both the dragon, Smaug , and the Necromancer in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy .
  • (3) Soulfly's Max Cavalera would mentor Rough Copy, with Barlow joining them around the piano for a rendition of the week's tune: Sepultura's Necromancer .

Sorcerer


Definition:

  • (n.) A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He set sail on his $15m yacht Sorcerer II on an unending voyage with the mission, along the way, "to put everything that Darwin missed into context" and map the whole world's genetic components.
  • (2) Then, zipping his cagoule purposefully, this sonic sorcerer and eccentric sweetheart issues a parting shot.
  • (3) 'They are warriors, sorcerers and magicians,' she says.
  • (4) The story begins in 16th-century China, where an evil sorcerer, The Son Of Hell, seeks to take over the world.
  • (5) You’ll often hear a director or production designer complaining that a particular neighbourhood “does not look enough like itself”, and making various cosmetic changes – a nondescript wall in the East Village might be gussied up with flyers for punk shows, for example, or a Chinatown byway given additional Chinese signage and decoration, as was done on Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
  • (6) Donald Trump remains in the Oval Office, making decisions about whom to explode next (in the interview he calls this responsibility “the bigness of it all”), not gathering dust on a sorcerer’s shelf.
  • (7) For infertility, witches and spirits can be responsible but suspicion focuses mostly on the evil-doing of another individual, corresponding to the classical description of a sorcerer, and the "witch" or sorcerer is generally a very close relative, possibly even the husband, and sometimes the woman herself, especially when the ritual fails.
  • (8) The 90s saw a move into big-budget action – Armageddon, The Rock, Con Air – while today, thanks to a Disney deal, he's responsible for more family-oriented juggernauts: The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Prince Of Persia weren't enormous successes; the four Pirates Of The Caribbean films were.
  • (9) As well as playing Smaug, Cumberbatch is voicing the Necromancer, the evil Mirkwood sorcerer who is revealed in the Lord of the Rings to be the evil spirit Sauron.
  • (10) Iger could end up playing the role of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, serving under the tutelage of Jobs, the 21st-century conjuror who transforms every industry he touches.
  • (11) Under the influence of the Christian church, and because of the progress of modern medicine, the power of the sorcerers and healers gradually decreased.
  • (12) The plants are used by 3 principal practitioners: 1) curanderos (healers), who tend to specialize in the care of certain diseases; 2) herbalists, who use many of the materials used in traditional medicine; and 3) brujos, who are sorcerers and witches.
  • (13) 'Diviners', 'medicinemen', 'witches' and 'sorcerers' are defined and distinguished.
  • (14) The traditional providers are the traditional birth attendants, the folk healers, herbalists, faith healers, and the so-called witches and sorcerers, which are not treated in a derogatory manner in the Philippines.
  • (15) The early-evening crowd in this cosy central London pub have no idea that a sonic sorcerer stands in their midst.
  • (16) Isis decapitates its victims, just like our friends the Saudis – but again, they kill alleged “sorcerers” off-camera.
  • (17) The looming debut of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange , a key member of The Avengers in some of the original comic books, has also inspired speculation that the sorcerer supreme could eventually join the superhero team on the big screen.
  • (18) A powder prepared by Haitian voodoo sorcerers for the making of zombis was extracted with acetic acid, the extract concentrated and applied to a small cation exchange column followed by elution with water and then acetic acid.
  • (19) The Marvel universe’s sorcerer supreme is a figure expected to have a central role in the studio’s ambitious next wave of superhero movies.
  • (20) Doctor Strange, who first debuted in 1963, is a former neurosurgeon who protects the planet against magical and mystical threats in his role as Sorcerer Supreme.

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