Dragon vs. Serpent

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

Dragonnoun

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.

Serpentnoun

A snake.

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.

Serpentnoun

(musical instruments) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).

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.

Serpentnoun

(figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

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Dragonnoun

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

Serpentnoun

A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.

Dragonnoun

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

Serpentverb

To wind or meander

Dragonnoun

(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.

Serpentverb

To encircle.

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Dragonnoun

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

Serpentnoun

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

Dragonnoun

A Komodo dragon.

Serpentnoun

a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited

Dragonnoun

The constellation Draco.

Serpentnoun

an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake

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