Hexes
Jinxes
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- When Hermione tells Professor McGonagall about Harry getting a Firebolt for Christmas and then the teacher goes to temporarily confiscate it so that it can be checked for jinxes/hexes (on the chance that Sirius Black sent it), Hermione hides her face behind a book that she holds upside down.
Source: Rushed Inverted Reading - Harry Potter: There's some categorization in-universe on the seriousness of offensive magic, as such spells are called either jinxes, hexes or curses.
Source: The Dark Arts -
In this book, he learns a whole arsenal of jinxes, hexes and curses to survive the final trial, including Stupefy, his most powerful battle spell.
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