Difference between faery and nature/land spirits

It’s always hard to make the distinction between them.

From what i learnt : a nature spirit/land spirit is linked to a physical place of our realm.

A faery is a humanoid being or an animal that comes from another world (faeryland) but it’s somehow connected to our world.

Example : a nymph is a nature/land spirit cause it’s linked to a physical place/tree.

A faery woman is a spirit than can walk on the same land but doesn’t belong to it.

That being said, folklore and culture can mixed up those ideas.

Example : Clurichauns are seen as the spirits of the grains field and/or fey folks that are attracted to this places.

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