The difference between Magician and Spiritualist

When used as nouns, magician means a person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic, whereas spiritualist means one who professes a regard for spiritual things only.


Spiritualist is also adjective with the meaning: pertaining to spiritualism.

check bellow for the other definitions of Magician and Spiritualist

  1. Magician as a noun:

    A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

  2. Magician as a noun:

    A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts .

  3. Magician as a noun:

    A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.

  4. Magician as a noun:

    An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

  5. Magician as a noun:

    A person who astounds; an enigma.

  1. Spiritualist as a noun:

    One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.

  2. Spiritualist as a noun (philosophy):

    One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.

  3. Spiritualist as a noun (spiritism):

    One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.

  1. Spiritualist as an adjective:

    Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.