Difference between Chameleon and Chamaeleon

What is the difference between Chameleon and Chamaeleon?

Chameleon as a noun is a small to mid-size reptile, of the family chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue. while Chamaeleon as a noun is an older spelling of chameleon.

Chameleon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue. A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Describing something that changes color.

Example sentence: Dr. Seuss said, 'No one can be you-er than you,' and Oscar Wilde said, 'Be yourself because everyone else is taken.' So I just try to continue to be who I am and don't change that. And I'm a little chameleon, so I can fit in wherever I am.

Chamaeleon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An older spelling of chameleon.

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