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Is there any difference between these nouns?

Is this like the difference between 'magic' and 'sorcery' in English?

Is 魔法【まほう】 used most often?
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What's the difference between 呪術【じゅじゅつ】, 魔法【まほう】, 奇術【きじゅつ】, and 魔術【まじゅつ】?
**奇術【きじゅつ】** : Illusion or stage magic, which has tricks and is performed by
real magicians all over the world. A person who does this is called マジシャン or
奇術師. But in this sense, the most common word is katakana マジック. Table magic is
often called 手品【てじな】, too.

**魔法【まほう】** : Supernatural kind of magic. Typical 魔法 is what you can find in
_Harry Potter_ franchise or various fantasy role-playing games. Basically used
only in fictions.

**呪術【じゅじゅつ】** : Ritual magic, performed by real people in order to [invoke
rain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainmaking_\(ritual\)), curse someone, etc.
It frequently appears in serious anthropological contexts, but it's used in
fictions, too.

**魔術【まじゅつ】** : This is similar to 魔法, but is an ambiguous word which can refer
to everything above. Many sport players are nicknamed ～の魔術師.
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