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Manticore vs Griffin - What's the difference?

manticore | griffin |

As nouns the difference between manticore and griffin

is that manticore is (Persian mythology), A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. May be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets while griffin is a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.

As a proper noun Griffin is

{{surname|common Irish|from=Irish}}, the anglicized form of both the Ó Gríobhtha (Ballygriffey Co. Clare) and Ó Grifín (Dingle, Co. Kerry) clans.

manticore

English

(wikipedia manticore)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Persian mythology ), (Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. May be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.

    • griffin

    English

    (wikipedia griffin)

    Alternative forms

    * gryfon (obsolete) * gryphon * griffon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.
  • (dated, Anglo-Indian) A person who has just arrived from Europe.
  • * 1842 , The Asiatic journal and monthly register (volume 38, page 40)
    • Tables were laid out in the palace, profusely covered with wines and refreshments, in the European style; old hands and griffins , fair sex and civilians, seemed all determined to enjoy themselves
  • A large vulture (Gyps fulvus ) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeier.
  • An English early apple.
  • A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.[http://books.google.com/books?id=pgoPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA555]

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