Snail vs. Escargot

Difference Between Snail and Escargot
Snailnoun
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
Escargotnoun
(uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
Snailnoun
A slow person; a sluggard.
Escargotnoun
(countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.
Snailnoun
(engineering) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
Escargotnoun
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
Snailnoun
A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
Snailnoun
The pod of the snail clover.
Snailverb
To move or travel very slowly
Snailnoun
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
Snailnoun
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
Snailverb
gather snails;
We went snailing in the summer