deity vs zombi

deity and zombi both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deity	Yes	No	No	No
zombi	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, zombi is a hyponym of deity; that is, zombi is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deity:

deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
zombi: a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies

Other hyponyms of deity include daemon, demigod, sea god, sun god, Celtic deity, Egyptian deity, Semitic deity, Hindu deity, Persian deity, Chinese deity, Japanese deity, goddess, earth-god, earth god, demiurge, Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity, Greek deity, Roman deity, Norse deity, Teutonic deity, Anglo-Saxon deity, Phrygian deity, saint, god of war, war god, snake god, zombie.

deity (noun)	zombi (noun)
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force	several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
	a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
	someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
	a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
	(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body

Difference between deity and zombi

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