What's the difference between sylph and sylphlike?

Sylph


Definition:

  • (n.) An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
  • (n.) Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
  • (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).

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Sylphlike


Definition:

  • (a.) Like a sylph; airy; graceful.

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