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Allusive vs Firedrake - What's the difference?

allusive | firedrake |

As an adjective allusive

is containing or making use of indirect references or hints.

As a noun firedrake is

a fire-breathing dragon.

allusive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Containing or making use of indirect references or hints.
    • His speech was allusive .

    Derived terms

    * allusively * allusiveness

    Related terms

    * allude * allusion

    firedrake

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fire-breathing dragon
    • ... the incensed firedrake , in revenge, flies all over the land, vomiting fire and smoke in every direction,'' — Helene A. Guerber, ''The Book of the Epic , 1913
  • A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
  • A kind of firework
  • A worker at a furnace or fire (an allusive use)

    • Related terms

    * earthdrake * seadrake

    References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopdia

    External links

    * (HMS Firedrake) * (USS Firedrake)