What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Pegasus vs Griffin - What's the difference?

pegasus | griffin |

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

Translingual

Proper noun

  • Hypernyms

    * (genus) Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Gasterosteiformes - order; Pegasidae - family

    Hyponyms

    * (genus)  - species

    griffin

    Alternative forms

    * gryfon (obsolete) * gryphon * griffon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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]
  • Anagrams

    *

    References