Basilisk vs Leviathan - What's the difference?
basilisk | leviathan |
A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.
(heraldiccharge) In heraldry, a type of dragon
A treedwelling type of lizard, of genus .
A type of large brass cannon.
suggesting a basilisk : baleful, spellbinding
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, passage=her gaze became more basilisk in its expression, and her countenance bore some similitude to that of a handsome fiend}}
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Very large; gargantuan.
(Bible) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.
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Something large; behemoth.
As nouns the difference between basilisk and leviathan
is that basilisk is a mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly while leviathan is a vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.As adjectives the difference between basilisk and leviathan
is that basilisk is suggesting a basilisk : baleful, spellbinding while leviathan is very large; gargantuan.basilisk
English
(wikipedia basilisk)Alternative forms
* basiliscNoun
(en noun)- The deadly look of the basilisk
Adjective
(-) (rfv-sense)leviathan
English
(wikipedia leviathan)Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- That man was a leviathan ! He took up a whole row of seats at the theatre.