Vampire vs. Werewolf — What's the Difference?

Undead being feeding on blood

Mythical beast of rage and instinct

Immortal creature of the night

Shape-shifter under the full moon

Bloodsucker from folklore

Human transforming into a wolf

Sensitive to sunlight

Cursed individual with dual nature

A vampire is a creature from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive.

In folklore, a werewolf (Old English: werwulf, "man-wolf"), or occasionally lycanthrope (Greek: λυκάνθρωπος lukánthrōpos, "wolf-human"), is a human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolflike creature), either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or scratch from another werewolf) with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon. Early sources for belief in this ability or affliction, called lycanthropy , are Petronius (27–66) and Gervase of Tilbury (1150–1228).

In popular folklore, an undead being in human form that survives by sucking the blood of living people, especially at night.

A person believed to have been transformed into a wolf or to be capable of assuming the form of a wolf.

A person, such as an extortionist, who takes advantage of others, especially for personal gain.

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon. Category:en:Horror

A vampire bat.

A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.

A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.

A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf

(colloquial) A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.

Person afflicted by lycanthropy

A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)

A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.

(dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.

A medical technician who works with patients' blood.

Synonym of anti-ship missile(ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.

To drain of energy or resources.

A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to have the ability to transform itself into the form of a bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has inspired several movies.

Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a cæcal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.

Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.

(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

Hypnotic and seductive predator

Folklore suggests being bitten by a vampire or undergoing a special ritual.

A vampire is an undead being that survives by consuming the blood of the living.

Werewolves typically transform during a full moon or due to a specific curse.

Traditional lore says vampires are weakened or harmed by sunlight.

Lycanthropy, the condition of being a werewolf, is mythical, though it inspired tales across cultures.

Traditionally, silver weapons are lethal to werewolves.

In many tales, vampires and werewolves are adversaries, but interpretations vary.

In many tales, the transformation is involuntary, but some stories offer more control.

Vampires don't transform in the same way; they remain in their undead state.

Often it's the full moon, but some stories include other triggers.

Most stories suggest no cure, though some myths speak of remedies or breaking the curse.

Bats are nocturnal, and some species feed on blood, drawing a symbolic connection.

Traditional myths say vampires lack reflections, but interpretations differ.

Variants of vampire and werewolf myths appear globally, though details vary.

Werewolves are not typically depicted as immortal, unlike many vampires.