The difference between Reptilian and Reptitious

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

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

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  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. Reptitious as an adjective (obsolete):

    creeping, crawling.

  2. Reptitious as an adjective (obsolete):

    reptilelike, cold-blooded, treacherous.

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