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Cobra vs Rattlesnake - What's the difference?

cobra | rattlesnake |

As nouns the difference between cobra and rattlesnake

is that cobra is any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae while rattlesnake is any of various poisonous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

As an acronym COBRA

is Cabinet Office Briefing Room A

cobra

English

(wikipedia cobra)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae .
  • Derived terms

    * spitting cobra

    Anagrams

    * ----

    rattlesnake

    Alternative forms

    * rattle snake

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various poisonous American snakes, of genera Crotalus'' and ''Sistrurus , having a rattle at the end of its tail.
  • Synonyms

    * rattler (colloquial, especially US )