Squib!!!

[Tiffany B. Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 180905

> Jayne:
> 
> What exactly is the difference between a squib and a witch/ Wizard??
I have wanted to know that all the way through the series and have
never found a good explanation.

Tiffany:

In the canon, a Squib is someone born to magical parents but doesn't 
develop magical abilities.  Squibs are often encouraged to interact & 
bleng in with the Muggle world as they fit in better than in the Wizard 
world.  They do share some abilities with Wizards, like being able to 
see the Dementors in HBP, but they're often sent to Muggle schools & 
taught to integrate themselves into the Muggles' world.  The canon 
itself doesn't do a good job of explaining the Squibs, but what I 
mentioned above is the nutshell definition of the Squibs.