[HPforGrownups] Warlocks

[lotusmoondragon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27555

In a message dated 10/12/2001 8:34:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
aiz24 at hotmail.com writes:


> Just as there are multiple English words for male nonmagical humans 
> (men, guys, males), I figured "warlock" is a synonym for "wizard." 

Warlock usually has darker connotations (IRL, not in the books) than Wizard. 
For example, you'd call Merlin a Wizard, but calling him a Warlock wouldn't 
seem right, as Merlin is always seen as good. But if you have an "evil" 
Wizard in a book, he's usually referred to as a Warlock. 

I'm not sure about JKR's use of the words. Perhaps she means them to be the 
same thing. 

Lotus


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