Pegasus vs Griffin - What's the difference?
pegasus | griffin |
A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.
(dated, Anglo-Indian) A person who has just arrived from Europe.
* 1842 , The Asiatic journal and monthly register (volume 38, page 40)
A large vulture (Gyps fulvus ) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeier.
An English early apple.
A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.[http://books.google.com/books?id=pgoPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA555]
As proper nouns the difference between pegasus and griffin
is that pegasus is a winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera while Griffin is {{surname|common Irish|from=Irish}}, the anglicized form of both the Ó Gríobhtha (Ballygriffey Co. Clare) and Ó Grifín (Dingle, Co. Kerry) clans.As nouns the difference between pegasus and griffin
is that pegasus is a coin of ancient Corinth, with a winged horse depicted on the obverse while griffin is a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.pegasus
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Proper noun
Hypernyms
* (genus) Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Gasterosteiformes - order; Pegasidae - familyHyponyms
* (genus) - speciesExternal links
* * ("Pegasus" species on Wikimedia) * ----griffin
English
(wikipedia griffin)Alternative forms
* gryfon (obsolete) * gryphon * griffonNoun
(en noun)- Tables were laid out in the palace, profusely covered with wines and refreshments, in the European style; old hands and griffins , fair sex and civilians, seemed all determined to enjoy themselves