Vampires. Discussion.

Only ghouls are not quite vampires; they are half-zobyak, half-vamp.

From the perspective of classical Russian, "vampire" (вампир) and "ghoul/upyr" (упырь) are one and the same (see, for example, S.I. Ozhegov's "Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language"). However, these words are now used in a context where an upyr is a lower vampire, with a hint of disdain. A Ghoul is a concept that came from the East. It denotes undead that feed on flesh, something between a zombie and a vampire. Sometimes it is believed that they were bitten by a vampire but not turned into one of their own. However, even those who contracted the T-virus from Resident Evil fit the ordinary description of a ghoul. Yet Frank Herbert referred to human clones grown from the cells of the deceased as ghouls.