Car vs. Dragon — What's the Difference?

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than goods.Cars came into global use during the 20th century, and developed economies depend on them.

A dragon is a large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire.

An automobile.

See Draco2.

A vehicle, such as a streetcar, that runs on rails

A mythical monster traditionally represented as a gigantic reptile having a long tail, sharp claws, scaly skin, and often wings.

A boxlike enclosure for people or cargo on a conveyance

Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.

The part of a balloon or airship that carries people or cargo.

A fiercely vigilant or intractable person.

(Archaic) A chariot, carriage, or cart.

Something very formidable or dangerous.

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

(Archaic) A large snake or serpent.

(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.

A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.

In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.

(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.

A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.

The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

A Komodo dragon.

The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

The constellation Draco.

The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

(pejorative) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.

(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.

(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.

A clique or gang.

A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.

(obsolete) A turn.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

(programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.

A background process similar to a daemon.

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

A variety of carrier pigeon.

A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.

(slang) A transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person.

A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.

A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.

The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.

The cage of a lift or elevator.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.

A floating perforated box for living fish.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; - so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.

A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad;

A variety of carrier pigeon.

A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway;

A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.

Car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant

A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

Where passengers ride up and down;

A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body