beast of prey vs demon

beast of prey

noun
  • A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others. 

  • A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates. 

demon

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

  • A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. 

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

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

  • A person's fears or anxieties. 

  • Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. 

  • 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. 

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

  • A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw. 

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

  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes. 

  • A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US. 

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