Basilisk vs. Dragon
Difference Between Basilisk and Dragon
Basilisknoun
A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly.
The deadly look of the basiliskDragonnoun
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.
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.
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
