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Chameleon vs Iguanian - What's the difference?

chameleon | iguanian |

As nouns the difference between chameleon and iguanian

is that chameleon is chameleon while iguanian is any of the suborder iguania of iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and "new world lizards".

As an adjective iguanian is

of or pertaining to the suborder iguania .

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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    iguanian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the suborder Iguania of iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and "New World lizards".

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the suborder Iguania .