Basilisk vs Serpent - What's the difference?
basilisk | serpent |
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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, year=1870
, author=
, title=The British drama: illustrated
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, isbn=
, page=997
, passage=Well, She is so basilisk ; there's no death in her eyes ...}}
*{{quote-book
, year=1884
, author=M. L. O'Byrne
, title=Ill-won Peerages, Or, An Unhallowed Union
, chapter=
, url=
, isbn=
, page=126
, passage=her gaze became more basilisk in its expression, and her countenance bore some similitude to that of a handsome fiend}}
*{{quote-book
, year=2004
, author=Witi Tame Ihimaera
, title=Whanau II
, chapter=
, url=
, isbn=
, page=167
, passage=He had never seen her quite like this, so basilisk , so frightening}}
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A snake.
(label) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake ().
(label) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
As nouns the difference between basilisk and serpent
is that basilisk is a mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly while serpent is a snake.As an adjective basilisk
is suggesting a basilisk : baleful, spellbinding.As a verb serpent is
to wind; to encircle.basilisk
English
(wikipedia basilisk)Alternative forms
* basiliscNoun
(en noun)- The deadly look of the basilisk