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mermaid

Monofin vs Mermaid - What's the difference?

monofin | mermaid |


As nouns the difference between monofin and mermaid

is that monofin is a single fin for both feet, worn in finswimming while mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Triton vs Mermaid - What's the difference?

triton | mermaid |


As a proper noun triton

is triton (moon of neptune).

As a noun mermaid is

a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Mer vs Mermaid - What's the difference?

mer | mermaid |


As an initialism mer

is (space|us|nasa).

As a noun mermaid is

a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Nymph vs Mermaid - What's the difference?

nymph | mermaid |


As nouns the difference between nymph and mermaid

is that nymph is the larva of certain insects while mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Undine vs Mermaid - What's the difference?

undine | mermaid |


As nouns the difference between undine and mermaid

is that undine is a female water-sprite or nymph while mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

As a proper noun Undine

is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

Mermaid vs Sirens - What's the difference?

mermaid | sirens |


As nouns the difference between mermaid and sirens

is that mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish while sirens is plural of lang=en.

Mermaid vs Human - What's the difference?

mermaid | human |


As nouns the difference between mermaid and human

is that mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish while human is a human being, whether man, woman or child.

As an adjective human is

of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

As a verb human is

to behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.

Mermaid vs Nereid - What's the difference?

mermaid | nereid |


As nouns the difference between mermaid and nereid

is that mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish while nereid is one of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

As a proper noun Nereid is

one of the satellites of the planet Neptune.

Mermaid vs Angel - What's the difference?

mermaid | angel |


As nouns the difference between mermaid and angel

is that mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish while angel is a divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.

As a verb angel is

to support by donating money.

As a proper noun Angel is

a given name derived from Ancient Greek used since 16th century, from Latin Angelus or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.

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