As proper nouns the difference between rubicon and styx
is that rubicon is an ancient Latin name for a small river in northern Italy which flows into the Adriatic Sea. It marked the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 BC began a civil war while Styx is the river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
As a noun rubicon
is a limit that when exceeded, or an action that when taken, cannot be reversed.
rubicon
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
An ancient Latin name for a small river in northern Italy which flows into the Adriatic Sea. It marked the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 BC began a civil war.
Derived terms
* cross the Rubicon
* rubicon
styx
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
(astronomy) The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.
Derived terms
* stygian
Coordinate terms
* Acheron, Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon
Anagrams
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