Incantation
Incantation noun - A spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power.
Usage example: hovering over the sick child, the witch doctor muttered mysterious incantations
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Magic is a synonym for incantation in enchantment topic. In some cases you can use "Magic" instead a noun "Incantation", when it comes to topics like spell, sorcery.
Magic
Magic noun - The power to control natural forces through supernatural means.
Usage example: he claimed that he could summon a storm through magic
Incantation is a synonym for magic in sorcery topic. You can use "Incantation" instead a noun "Magic", if it concerns topics such as charm, enchantment, appearance, spell.
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- In a flashback scene, Harry is trying to start a fire with magic, and is using his teacher's words, and can't manage the actual spell until he makes up his more familiar "Flickum Bicus" incantation.
Source: Words Do Not Make The Magic -
Magical Incantation: Subverted; Elana uses the Academy's anthem as a charm for a magic spell when the words themselves aren't important; it's the believing part.
- Another Harry Potter example, it is made quite clear that a wand and an incantation do not magic make, you have to be a wizard to use magic.
Source: Words Do Not Make The Magic
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