What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Wyvern vs Basilisk - What's the difference?

wyvern | basilisk |

As nouns the difference between wyvern and basilisk

is that wyvern is mythical dragon-like creature, having wings, only two legs and a barbed tail while basilisk is a mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.

As an adjective basilisk is

suggesting a basilisk : baleful, spellbinding.

wyvern

English

Alternative forms

* wivern * wiver

Noun

(en noun)
  • (heraldry, mythology) Mythical dragon-like creature, having wings, only two legs and a barbed tail.

    • See also

    * dragon * drake * wyrm

    basilisk

    English

    (wikipedia basilisk)

    Alternative forms

    * basilisc

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.
    • The deadly look of the basilisk
  • (heraldiccharge) In heraldry, a type of dragon
  • A treedwelling type of lizard, of genus .
  • A type of large brass cannon.

    • Adjective

    (-) (rfv-sense)
  • suggesting a basilisk : baleful, spellbinding
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=1870 , author= , title=The British drama: illustrated , volume=4 , url= , isbn= , page=997 , passage=Well, She is so basilisk ; there's no death in her eyes ...}}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=1884 , author=M. L. O'Byrne , title=Ill-won Peerages, Or, An Unhallowed Union , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=126 , passage=her gaze became more basilisk in its expression, and her countenance bore some similitude to that of a handsome fiend}}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2004 , author=Witi Tame Ihimaera , title=Whanau II , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=167 , passage=He had never seen her quite like this, so basilisk , so frightening}} ----