The difference between Reptilian and Reptilious

When used as adjectives, reptilian means of or relating to the members of the class reptilia, whereas reptilious means creeping, crawling.

Reptilian is also noun with the meaning: a reptilian animal: a reptile.

check bellow for the other definitions of Reptilian and Reptilious

  1. Reptilian as an adjective (zoology):

    Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia.

  2. Reptilian as an adjective:

    Reptilelike.

  3. Reptilian as an adjective (figuratively):

    Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.

  4. Reptilian as an adjective (figuratively):

    Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

  1. Reptilian as a noun:

    A reptilian animal: a reptile.

  2. Reptilian as a noun (figuratively):

    A reptilian person, especially a Jew.

  3. Reptilian as a noun (science fiction):

    A reptilian alien, especially of a shapeshifting race purported to secretly control the world.

  1. Reptilious as an adjective (dated):

    creeping, crawling.

  2. Reptilious as an adjective (dated):

    reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.

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