Hero vs Myth - What's the difference?
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(rfc-sense) A real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.
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A role model.
The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
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A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
(food styling, chiefly, attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
* 2003 , Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
* 2008 , Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers (page 8)
* 2008 , David Random, Defying Gravity (page 24)
A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
(uncountable) Such stories as a genre.
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
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As a proper noun hero
is (greekmyth) any of a number of legendary men and women, including the priestess loved by leander.As a noun myth is
a traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.hero
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(wikipedia hero)Alternative forms
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(es)- The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.
- Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.
- The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.
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* see * (sandwich) grinder, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedgeDerived terms
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* (l) * (l) English nouns with irregular plurals ----myth
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* mythe (rare or archaic)Noun
(en noun)- Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings.'' (E. Clodd, ''Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)
- Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)
- As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths these twenty years.
