Serpent vs Jackal - What's the difference?
serpent | jackal |
A snake.
(label) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake ().
(label) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
Any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.
A person who performs menial/routine tasks, dogsbody
(pejorative) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
(slang, rare) A jack (the playing card.)
To perform menial or routine tasks
* 1800 , Pamphlets on British Taxation [http://books.google.com/books?id=XB8JAQAAIAAJ]:
As nouns the difference between serpent and jackal
is that serpent is a snake while jackal is any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.As verbs the difference between serpent and jackal
is that serpent is to wind; to encircle while jackal is to perform menial or routine tasks.serpent
English
Noun
(en noun)See also
* herpetology * lizard * reptile * snakeAnagrams
* * * ----jackal
English
Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* black-backed jackal ** Cape jackal ** East African Jackal * golden jackal * side-striped jackalHypernyms
* canidSee also
*References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
- They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.
