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Pipedream vs Chimera - What's the difference?

pipedream | chimera |

As nouns the difference between pipedream and chimera

is that pipedream is while chimera is chimera.

pipedream

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • chimera

    Alternative forms

    * chimaera *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mythology) Chimera, or any fantastic creature with parts from different animals
  • A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author
  • (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes
  • (architecture) A grotesque, like a gargoyle but without a spout for rainwater
  • (usually chimaera ) A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
  • Synonyms

    * (fish) ghost shark, ratfish, rabbitfish

    Derived terms

    * chimeral * chimeric * chimerism * tetragametic chimera * Chimera: the name of one of the ships of

    See also

    * Chimaera * ----