Dinosaur vs. Dragon
Difference Between Dinosaur and Dragon
Dinosaurnoun
Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
Dragonnoun
A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
Dinosaurnoun
(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.
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.
Dinosaurnoun
A person or organisation that is very old, has very old-fashioned views, or is not willing to change and adapt.
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.
Dinosaurnoun
Anything no longer in common use or practice.
Dragonnoun
A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Wales.
Dinosaurnoun
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
Dragonnoun
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
Dragonnoun
(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.
Dragonnoun
Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
Dragonnoun
A Komodo dragon.
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
