Gargoyle vs Gorgon - What's the difference?
gargoyle | gorgon |
A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
* 1906 , , The Trampling of the Lilies? , page 110
Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
A fictional winged monster.
* 2005 , Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes? , page 200
(slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.
(Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes.
An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
:"Swilling martinis and spewing venom, Phyllis is a particularly unappetizing gorgon , telling us at one point that an acquaintance of hers is aroused by the Heimlich maneuver." — Washington Post , July 1, 2005
As nouns the difference between gargoyle and gorgon
is that gargoyle is a carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters while gorgon is a vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes.As an adjective gorgon is
like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying.gargoyle
English
(wikipedia gargoyle)Noun
(en noun)- From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
- Almost immediately one of the gargoyles' swept down from the sky and attacked him. The ' gargoyle' s momentum drove them both over the side.
Synonyms
* (any decorative carved grotesque figure) grotesque, hunky punk * (ugly woman) crone, hagDerived terms
*gargoylishgorgon
English
(wikipedia gorgon)Noun
(en noun)- (Milton)