Witches vs warlocks vs wizards
Mordomin > October 21st, 2018, 09:11 PM
While witchcraft may be generally shunned or frowned upon, there is a religion called "Wicca", officially recognized as such in the United States, which resembles 'witchcraft' in some ways. Although, from what I know about it, it seems to be more 'nature-based' and perhaps closer to the druidical practices of Western Europe (including those sometimes depicted in Arthurian legends) than more traditional witchcraft.
Wiccans sometimes refer to themselves at 'witches'. More to the points made above, the terms is used as gender-neutral. A "warlock" (also gender-neutral) is an oath-breaker, that is, one who has in some way broken faith with their coven (and usually been expelled as a result).
I came by this information not from Wikpedia, but by personal acquaintance with a Wiccan. She tried to recruit me several times to join her coven (which is how I came to be aware of the gender-neutrality part), mistaking my passing knowledge of various druidical practices for actual study. Most of what impressed/convinced her was my knowledge of the "Deryni" novels of Katherine Kurtz. Also Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Mist of Avalon".