Dragon vs. Serpent
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.
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.
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
