Honeybadger vs Python - What's the difference?
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(Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
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A programming language invented by Guido van Rossum, named after Monty Python .
(informal) The British comedy troupe .
A member of Monty Python': Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin; referred to collectively as ''The '''Pythons .
As nouns the difference between honeybadger and python
is that honeybadger is while python is a type of large constricting snake.honeybadger
English
Noun
(en noun)page 51,
- The Africans have often mentioned to me that a honeybadger (shidzidzi ) when cornered, will stand his ground against any living thing and give a good account of himself into the bargain.
page 58,
- ‘Don?t any of you come sneaking around or you?ll feel the size of my fist and a length of sjambok across your bums, ja,’ he shouted, shaking fist and whip; then charged down the boards with the look of an angry honeybadger so that the fisherfolk scattered like gulls.
page 150,
- There were two major projects I was expected to throw myself into with the zeal of a cornered honeybadger .
python
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Proper noun
(wikipedia Python) (en proper noun)page 11,
- Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python', and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the ' Python , suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers.
page 70,
- It would seem, therefore, that what we have on the Phasian phiale is the Python' coiled round the omphalos.Paintings on Greek pottery and coins have preserved many an example of gods seated on an omphalos, including those of Apollo, Nike, Asclepius and others.413 ' Python on the omphalos must have carried some symbolic meaning.
page 183,
- Python', says Bailey, is derived from Putho to putrify, and the serpent '''Python''' being slain by Apollo, is thus interpreted: by ' Python is understood the ruin of the waters ; Apollo slew this serpent with his arrows ; that is, the beams of the sun dispersed the noxious vapours, which destroyed man like a devouring serpent.
- John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons .