What is the difference between Diffindo and Sectumsempra?
In the Harry Potter books, diffindo is called the 'severing curse' and its most commonly used to cut ropes and the like. However, in the last book Hermione uses it on Ron but misses, creating a 'slash in his jeans' and his knee gets cut, causing him to 'roar in pain'.
We've only seen Sectumsempra used once on screen when Harry directly uses it on Malfoy in the sixth book, but there it's mentioned that he is 'waving his wand wildly'. Wouldn't diffindo, if used in such a fashion also cause a similar effect? Similarly, if it was able to cut Ron, it would also be able to, say, chop off an ear (George's)?
In that case, how are these two spells different, except for Sectumsempra seemingly used exclusively to hurt humans?
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In the Harry Potter books, diffindo is called the 'severing curse' and its most commonly used to cut ropes and the like. However, in the last book Hermione uses it on Ron but misses, creating a 'slash in his jeans' and his knee gets cut, causing him to 'roar in pain'.
We've only seen Sectumsempra used once on screen when Harry directly uses it on Malfoy in the sixth book, but there it's mentioned that he is 'waving his wand wildly'. Wouldn't diffindo, if used in such a fashion also cause a similar effect? Similarly, if it was able to cut Ron, it would also be able to, say, chop off an ear (George's)?
In that case, how are these two spells different, except for Sectumsempra seemingly used exclusively to hurt humans?
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In the Harry Potter books, diffindo is called the 'severing curse' and its most commonly used to cut ropes and the like. However, in the last book Hermione uses it on Ron but misses, creating a 'slash in his jeans' and his knee gets cut, causing him to 'roar in pain'.
We've only seen Sectumsempra used once on screen when Harry directly uses it on Malfoy in the sixth book, but there it's mentioned that he is 'waving his wand wildly'. Wouldn't diffindo, if used in such a fashion also cause a similar effect? Similarly, if it was able to cut Ron, it would also be able to, say, chop off an ear (George's)?
In that case, how are these two spells different, except for Sectumsempra seemingly used exclusively to hurt humans?
harry-potter magic
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In the Harry Potter books, diffindo is called the 'severing curse' and its most commonly used to cut ropes and the like. However, in the last book Hermione uses it on Ron but misses, creating a 'slash in his jeans' and his knee gets cut, causing him to 'roar in pain'.
We've only seen Sectumsempra used once on screen when Harry directly uses it on Malfoy in the sixth book, but there it's mentioned that he is 'waving his wand wildly'. Wouldn't diffindo, if used in such a fashion also cause a similar effect? Similarly, if it was able to cut Ron, it would also be able to, say, chop off an ear (George's)?
In that case, how are these two spells different, except for Sectumsempra seemingly used exclusively to hurt humans?
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On the chance that it was entirely coincidental that you asked this question twenty minutes after I posted an answer to a related question, you may be interested in scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/106494/…
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On the chance that it was entirely coincidental that you asked this question twenty minutes after I posted an answer to a related question, you may be interested in scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/106494/…
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On the chance that it was entirely coincidental that you asked this question twenty minutes after I posted an answer to a related question, you may be interested in scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/106494/…
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On the chance that it was entirely coincidental that you asked this question twenty minutes after I posted an answer to a related question, you may be interested in scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/106494/…
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