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As nouns the difference between python and pylon

is that python is a type of large constricting snake while pylon is pylon (traffic cone).

python

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Proper noun

(wikipedia Python) (en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
  • * 1995 , Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, A Short Guide to Classical Mythology , 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.
  • * 2000 , Otar Lordkipanidze, Phasis: The River and City in Colchis , 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.
  • * 2005 , M. A. Dwight, Taylor Lewis, Grecian and Roman Mythology , 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.
  • 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 .
    • John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons .

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    * python

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    pylon

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
  • A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
  • (aviation)  A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
  • An obelisk.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author= , title=The Washington Monument , volume=100, issue=1, page=16 , magazine= citation , passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}
  • A traffic cone.
  • (American football)  An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.