Ghouls and Inferi

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No: HPFGUIDX 136155

Webster's dictionary says a ghoul is a legendary evil being that robs 
graves and feeds on corpses.

Dumbledore says that inferi are corpses -- dead bodies that have been 
bewitched to do a Dark wizard's bidding.

It looks like the two aren't the same. But I noticed something 
interesting in COS. Hermione says that in Gadding with Ghouls, 
Gilderoy Lockhart wrote about slow-acting venoms. (According to 
Hermione, slow-acting venoms are also mentioned in Moste Potente 
potions.) I wonder if the potion that Dumbledore drank contained a 
slow-acting venom.

Ghouls, slow-acting venoms -- inferi, a slow-acting potion. Maybe
they aren't related, but I thought I'd throw the thought out there
and see if anybody sees anything significant.

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