Witch or Wiccan? Which is which?

Been reading Kimberly Raye “Dead End Dating” the first book of Vampire Love series. Lil (Countess Lilliana Arabella Guinvere du Marchette) is a very trendy five hundred years old hot single vampire who is totally satisfied with her life, has great highlights, a fab sense of style and a wardrobe to die for and the best job ever. The job: Her matchmaking business for equal opportunity clients (vampires, werewolves, humans and others). Problems? Nothing, Nada, Zip! All those eligible handsome vampires her mother handpicks for her? She can turn them to clients with a blink of an eye (or whispering a number). And that serial killer who uses dating agencies as his hunting ground? She can find the SOB single handedly (Evie, Francis, and hot hot hot bounty hunter Ty Bonner were just along for the ride!) Yup! That’s Lil; she can do every thing even avoiding romance with the most gorgeous vamp she’d met! She can do it (hopefully! Aaam, Maybe?... If she tries really hard and keeps reminding herself of what her family would think?... Nauh, not working…).
The second book of the series is “Dead and Dateless” in which Lil is framed for murder and is trying to catch the real killer and clear her name. Ty is helping her (in more ways then one!) and the third book will be out in Sep 25, 07. Sheesh! Two months? I can’t wait that long!
“Tall, Dark and Dead” by Tate Hallaway is the story of Garnet Lacey, a witch who loves to disguise herself in Goth ensemble (Vatican assassins are following her). She is a manager in a New Age book store and is meeting a very special customer. He is a thousand years old, an alchemist, an herbalist and a vampire who walks in day light and eats regular food. Very special indeed, very handsome too! Can she study this unique species in peace? Oh no, not with a team of Vatican assassins on their trail and a moody (a hundred years old) teenager wrecking havoc. But you know what? All is well that ends well!
In “Dead Sexy”, Garnet’s past is catching up with her. Of course it is not just her cute ex-boyfriend but a FBI agent investigating death of six priests. Oh boy, can she ever enjoy her Halloweens again? Maybe! If she tries hard, casts lots of spells and be happy with what she got!
The interesting part was the use of words Witch and Wiccan interchangeably. Are witches and wiccans the same? Not an easy answer. Every magic doer can call him/herself a witch even if his/her religion preference is not pagan (means there can be Christian, Jew and Muslim witches too). But Wiccans are believers of the old religion and followers of Goddess (they worship gods too, but in their belief system the creator is the Goddess). The notion of white or dark witch is not well defined either, but generally those who hurt others are considered dark witches (or evil doers). But in some beliefs (for very narrow minded people, I might add!) every enchanter and spell caster is an evil doer regardless of what she/he does! This lead to many witch hunts in history and produced such hatred in people that even today many wiccans prefer to hide their beliefs and practices. A shame really! World would have been a better place with a goddess in charge!