Difference between Serpent and Snake

What is the difference between Serpent and Snake?

Serpent as a noun is a snake. while Snake as a noun is a legless reptile of the sub-order serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.

Serpent

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A snake. A musical instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).

Snake

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.A treacherous person.A tool for unclogging plumbing.A tool to aid cable pulling.A trouser snake; the penis.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move in a winding path.To steal slyly.To clean using a plumbing snake.

We hope you now know whether to use Serpent or Snake in your sentence.

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