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Faun vs Centaur - What's the difference?

faun | centaur |

As nouns the difference between faun and centaur

is that faun is a woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry while centaur is a mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.

faun

English

Alternative forms

* faune (rare or archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

    • Synonyms

    * satyr

    See also

    * ("faun" on Wikipedia)

    centaur

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (astronomy) Centaur

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
  • (astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune (also capitalized)

    • Synonyms

    * hippocentaur

    See also

    * centaurial * centaurian * centauric * centauroid * centauress, centaurette * faun * minotaur * onocentaur * satyr

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