Unicorn vs Pegasus - What's the difference?
unicorn | pegasus |
(rft-sense)A mythical beast resembling a horse with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.
A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.
(historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew ); a reem or wild ox.
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Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax.
The larva of a unicorn moth.
The kamichi, or unicorn bird.
A howitzer.
In historical terms the difference between unicorn and pegasus
is that unicorn is in various Bible translations, used to render the Latin {{term|unicornis|lang=la}} or {{term|rhinoceros|lang=la}} (representing Hebrew {{term|רְאֵם|||lang=he}}); a reem or wild ox while pegasus is a coin of ancient Corinth, with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.As nouns the difference between unicorn and pegasus
is that unicorn is a mythical beast resembling a horse with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead while Pegasus is a coin of ancient Corinth, with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.As a proper noun Pegasus is
a winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.unicorn
English
(wikipedia unicorn)Noun
(en noun)- God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn : he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.