Egyptian vs Phoenix - What's the difference?
egyptian | phoenix |
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
(obsolete) A gypsy.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.
(mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
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As nouns the difference between egyptian and phoenix
is that egyptian is a person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent while phoenix is a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.As proper nouns the difference between egyptian and phoenix
is that egyptian is the Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt while Phoenix is a mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.As an adjective Egyptian
is of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.egyptian
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians , or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.
Derived terms
* walk like an EgyptianDerived terms
* Egyptian bean * Egyptian cotton * Egyptian cross * Egyptian darkness * Egyptian thornExternal links
*phoenix
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(wikipedia phoenix)Alternative forms
* phenix, , pheonixNoun
- Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.