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What is the difference between phoenix and phenix?

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Phenix is a alternative form of phoenix.



As nouns the difference between phoenix and phenix

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 phenix is an archaic spelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Phoenix

is a mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.

phoenix

Alternative forms

* phenix, , pheonix

Noun

  • (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.
  • Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
  • (mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
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    English

    Noun

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