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Kirin vs Chiron - What's the difference?

kirin | chiron |

As a verb kirin

is to buy.

As a proper noun chiron is

.

kirin

English

(wikipedia kirin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
  • * 1989 , Ernst J. Grube, Eleanor G. Sims, Islamic Art: Volume 3
    • ...a red and gold textile with phoenixes in one row swooping towards qilins in the next amidst a densely foliated ground...
  • * 2001 , David J. Roxburgh, Prefacing the image: the writing of art history in sixteenth-century Iran
    • Roundel depicting dragon attacked by qilins ; mounted on an album page.
  • * 2010 , Molly Blaisdell, Necdet Yilmaz, Truth about Unicorns
    • When the qilin leaves, the emperor traces the shapes he saw into the dirt.

    Synonyms

    * qilin

    chiron

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) an old, wise centaur who served as Achilles' mentor and teacher.
  • (astronomy) a centaur (minor planet) and comet-like object, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus

    • Synonyms

    * (astronomy) * (mythology) Cheiron, Kheiron

    See also

    * (mythology) (Chiron) * (astronomy)