Viper vs Krait - What's the difference?
viper | krait |
A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
* Milton
Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus , of southeast Asia.
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* 2009 , Kate Jackson, Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo ,
* 2011 , Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions ,
As nouns the difference between viper and krait
is that viper is a venomous snake in the family Viperidae while krait is any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.viper
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Noun
(en noun)- Who committed / To such a viper his most sacred trust / Of secrecy.
Synonyms
* adderDerived terms
* * * viperfish * * viperish *krait
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Alternative forms
* karaitNoun
(en noun)page 190,
- "Now, if you run into one of these kraits , you better NOT run away else you're a goner. It'll catch you for sure and you will die in your tracks."
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- Very much in my thoughts is Joe Slowinski, a herpetologist killed a few years earlier by a misidentified juvenile krait , a snake so small that he couldn't tell if the fang had punctured the skin.
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- India has a healthy share of poisonous snakes, including kraits , cobras, and two species of vipers, yet Hindu traditions are overwhelmingly snake-friendly.