Basilisk vs. Dragon

Basilisk vs. Dragon — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Basilisk and Dragon

Basilisknoun

A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly.

The deadly look of the basilisk

Dragonnoun

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.

Basilisknoun

(science fiction) An information hazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.

Dragonnoun

In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

Basilisknoun

(heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.

Dragonnoun

In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.

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Basilisknoun

A tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus - the basilisk lizard

Dragonnoun

A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Wales.

Basilisknoun

A type of large brass cannon.

Dragonnoun

An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

Basiliskadjective

Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

Dragonnoun

(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.

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Basilisknoun

(classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance

Dragonnoun

Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.

Basilisknoun

ancient brass cannon

Dragonnoun

A Komodo dragon.

Basilisknoun

small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

Dragonnoun

The constellation Draco.

Dragonnoun

(pejorative) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.

She’s a bit of a dragon.

Dragonnoun

The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.

Dragonnoun

(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.

Dragonnoun

A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.

Dragonnoun

A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.

Dragonnoun

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

Dragonnoun

A variety of carrier pigeon.

Dragonnoun

(slang) a transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person

Dragonnoun

a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

Dragonnoun

a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

Dragonnoun

a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

Dragonnoun

any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body