User blog:Leengard Ustan/Darkness and Shadows

so as I'm working on Mamoru Minamoto, my first genuine attempt at a Dragon Slayer (feel free to take a gander), I found myself wondering:

Is there a difference between Darkness Magic and Shadow Magic?

as I understand them:

Darkness is the absence of light & Shadows are the result of an object blocking the light (and basically the absence of light in a specific area)

is there a difference that I am unaware of, or can Shadow Slayers eat Darkness Magic and vice versa? I have a hard time believing that I'm the only one who is confused about this (or is it that I'm just the first on this wiki to think about it too much?)

What are your thoughts about this?