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Nixie vs Mermaid - What's the difference?

nixie | mermaid |

Mermaid is a coordinate term of nixie.



As nouns the difference between nixie and mermaid

is that nixie is a female water-elf while mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

nixie

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) Nixe, feminine of Nix, from (etyl) nickes, from (etyl) (English nicker).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female water-elf.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
    • Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a nixie ’s green.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
  • :* mailers may also receive information on addresses that are undeliverable for reasons other than a customer move (i.e., nixie notifications) — United States Postal Service Address Change Service description

    • mermaid

    English

    (wikipedia mermaid)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

    • Synonyms

    * mergirl, merlady, mermaiden, merwoman

    Hyponyms

    * mermother * merqueen

    Hypernyms

    * merperson

    Holonyms

    * merfolk

    Related terms

    * merman * merewif * merwolf * mereswine

    Coordinate terms

    * melusine * nixie * siren

    Derived terms

    * mermaid's purse * mermaid skirt