Dragon vs. Serpent: What's the Difference?

Dragon and Serpent Definitions
Dragon
See Draco2.
Serpent
(Zoology) A snake.
Dragon
A mythical monster traditionally represented as a gigantic reptile having a long tail, sharp claws, scaly skin, and often wings.
Serpent
Often Serpent In the Bible, the creature that tempted Eve, identified in Christian tradition with Satan.
Dragon
Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.
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Serpent
A subtle, sly, or treacherous person.
Dragon
A fiercely vigilant or intractable person.
Serpent
A firework that writhes while burning.
Dragon
Something very formidable or dangerous.
Serpent
(Music) A deep-voiced wind instrument of serpentine shape, used principally from the 1600s to the 1800s, about 2.5 meters (8 feet) in length and made of brass or wood.
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Dragon
(Archaic) A large snake or serpent.
Serpent
Serpent Serpens.
Dragon
A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
Serpent
A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
Dragon
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.
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Serpent
(figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
Dragon
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.
Serpent
(musical instruments) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
Dragon
An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
Serpent
A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
Dragon
(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.
Serpent
To wind or meander
Dragon
Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
Serpent
To encircle.
Dragon
A Komodo dragon.
Serpent
Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
Dragon
The constellation Draco.
Serpent
Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
Dragon
(pejorative) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.
She’s a bit of a dragon.
Serpent
A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
Dragon
The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.
Serpent
The constellation Serpens.
Dragon
(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.
Serpent
A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; - so called from its form.
Dragon
A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.
Serpent
To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Dragon
A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
Serpent
To wind; to encircle.
Dragon
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.
Serpent
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
Dragon
A background process similar to a daemon.
Serpent
A firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
Dragon
A variety of carrier pigeon.
Serpent
An obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
Dragon
(slang) A transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person.
Dragon
A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.
The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile.
Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.
Dragon
A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.
Dragon
A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.
Dragon
A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.
Dragon
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.
Dragon
A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
Dragon
A variety of carrier pigeon.
Dragon
A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
Dragon
A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
Dragon
A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
Dragon
A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
Dragon
Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body