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Chameleon vs Gecko - What's the difference?

chameleon | gecko |

As nouns the difference between chameleon and gecko

is that chameleon is chameleon while gecko is gecko.

chameleon

English

(wikipedia chameleon)

Alternative forms

* chamaeleon *

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae , and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
  • A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
  • * 2014 , Michael White, " Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
    • He is a political chameleon , as charming to business leaders he met privately in Aberdeen on Friday night as he has been inspiring to distressed and desperate Labour defectors in Glasgow and beyond.
  • (physics) A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Describing something that changes color.
    • The wall was covered with a chameleon paint.

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    gecko

    English

    (wikipedia gecko)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical surfaces.