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Firebird vs Phoenix - What's the difference?

firebird | phoenix |

As nouns the difference between firebird and phoenix

is that firebird is the scarlet tanager, species: Piranga olivacea 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 a proper noun Phoenix is

a mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.

firebird

English

(wikipedia firebird)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The scarlet tanager, .
  • The (Baltimore oriole), .
  • The (vermilion flycatcher), .

    • phoenix

    English

    (wikipedia phoenix)

    Alternative forms

    * phenix, , pheonix

    Noun

  • (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.
    • Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
  • (mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.

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