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ESLBeginner Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

'snake' and 'serpent'

Hi, would someone please tell me the difference between 'snake' and 'serpent'?

And by the way, my dictionary translates 'python' to 'snake' too. Is this true and what's the difference?

Thanks.
  

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, python, cobra) the serpent is a non-existant mythical beast. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever succeeded in capturing a serpent (or even a bigfoot). Now space aliens are another matter.

— Avangi

  • , python, cobra) the serpent is a non-existant mythical beast.
  • To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever succeeded in capturing a serpent (or even a bigfoot).
  • Now space aliens are another matter.
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In the sense that a snake is an animal of which there are many species (eg., python, cobra) the serpent is a non-existant mythical beast.
To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever succeeded in capturing a serpent (or even a bigfoot).
Now space aliens are another matter.
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Avangithe serpent is a non-existant mythical beast.
Avangi no one has ever succeeded in capturing a serpent
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