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Merman vs Triton - What's the difference?

merman | triton |

As nouns the difference between merman and triton

is that merman is a legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down while triton is the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.

As a proper noun Triton is

a god of the sea, son of Poseidon.

merman

English

(wikipedia merman)

Noun

(mermen)
  • A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

    • Synonyms

    * merguy

    Hyponyms

    * merboy * merfather

    Hypernyms

    * merperson

    See also

    * mermaid * merfolk ----

    triton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons
  • any of several marine gastropods of the family having a pointed spiral shell

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (l) * (tritium ion)

    Hypernyms

    * (hydrogen ion)

    Coordinate terms

    * (bare nuclei of hydrogen) proton, deuteron, triton * , p (protium ion) * (deuterium ion)