What’s the difference between them? I don’t mean grammatically, I know what the difference is.
I mean, let’s say I’m tired of being a hunter, and I want to become a mage. So do I start to study magic or magics? For me, magics sounds more mysterious. Kinda like whenever the WoW writers want water to sound more mysterious they just talk about waters instead, “I must purify my waters” etc.
BUT if I study magics, do I become a magician or a magicsian? And is it Mage vs Magse? I quite like the additional power you might get from studying magics, but I don’t want to be called a Magse.
It’s a dilemma!
EDIT: I would like to apologise to those below who responded to my post as if it was a serious enquiry about magic. I was simply poking fun at the use of the word “magic” in a plural form, which I only ever encounter in corny fantasy writing.
Mage (plural magi or mages ) (fantasy) A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
The English words magic , mage and magician come from the Latin magus, through the Greek μάγος, which is from the Old Persian maguš (" magician "). The Old Persian magu- is derived from the Proto-Indo-European *magh (“be able”)
Mage and Magician are the same. In WoW-verse, I don’t know if they are different or not.
If you are learning to become a mage in WoW, you would probably start with the basics. But does the basics include spells from all 3 schools(Arcane, Frost, Fire) again I don’t know.
But I can answer this one with certitude:
A magician. Because a magician can be used to describe both someone who knows different types of magic or someone knows just one type.
I never noticed word “magics” in any fantasy but maybe its just me not paying attention. Mostly its “magic forms” or “magic schools” with magic considered as singular being just like “Force”.
