shaman vs siren

shaman

noun
  • A traditional (unscientific) faith healer. 

  • A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual and, or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds. 

siren

verb
  • To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren. 

adj
  • Relating to or like a siren. 

noun
  • A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895). 

  • An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances. 

  • A dangerously seductive woman. 

  • A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae. 

  • A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia. 

  • One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks. 

  • One who sings sweetly and charms. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina. 

  • A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879). 

  • An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones. 

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