Kraken vs Hydra - What's the difference?
kraken | hydra |
(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid
Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.
A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.
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As proper nouns the difference between kraken and hydra
is that kraken is a colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid while Hydra is a mythological serpent with seven heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours. Also called the Lernaean Hydra.As a noun hydra is
any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.kraken
English
(wikipedia Kraken)Proper noun
(en proper noun)hydra
Noun
Till Death Do Us Pay:
- Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or overturned on appeal, depending on how smart your lawyer is and which precedent he selects to argue your case.