Phoenix vs Firedrake - What's the difference?
phoenix | firedrake |
(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.
(mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
----
A fire-breathing dragon
A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
A kind of firework
A worker at a furnace or fire (an allusive use)
As nouns the difference between phoenix and firedrake
is that phoenix is a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes while firedrake is a fire-breathing dragon.As a proper noun Phoenix
is a mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.phoenix
English
(wikipedia phoenix)Alternative forms
* phenix, , pheonixNoun
- Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
References
firedrake
English
Noun
(en noun)- ... the incensed firedrake , in revenge, flies all over the land, vomiting fire and smoke in every direction,'' — Helene A. Guerber, ''The Book of the Epic , 1913