What's the Difference Between Dinosaurs and Dragons?

[Realfire22]

They both seem exactly alike to me...

[Phoenix98]

There is no evidence dragons actually existed but in my opinion that doesn't mean some sort of flying lizard/dinosaur couldn't have been what people thought was a dragon back then.

You have to wonder though even the greatest lies and myths have a kernel of truth in them, you have the wonder were the legends came from especially with there being so many all over the world and with them being very similar.

Anyway the difference between dinosaurs and dragons at least the ones in myth is that dinosaurs there is great variety in terms of species, dragons are pretty consistent, mythological dragons breath fire, dinosaurs do not and so on and so on.

[cavmanier]

A lot of them do resemble each other
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[Realfire22]

Exactly, they do. Thank u for actually understanding the question. 😊

[BiscuitesSwag]

Dinosaurs are real creatures which lived on this planet milliards of years ago while dragons are fictional creatures that fly and breath fire. There are dragon species that can fly, but obviously can't breath fire.

[DivaMonae]

One existed and the other is made up.

One can fly (well some dinosaurs could too but those dinosaurs don't resemble dragons) and the other can't.

One breaths fire and the other can't.

[Jxpxtxr]

Well, dinosaurs actually existed while dragons are purely mystical creatures, means they probably never existed - unless you mean the gecko kind of dragons..

[apexalpha]

komodo dragons exists last time I checked and whats gecko?

[Jxpxtxr]

That's exactly what you were just talking about lol @apexalpha

[apexalpha]

my bad

[existing_not_living]

Most dinosaurs don't fly or breathe fire. Also, dinosaurs are real while dragons are mythological creatures.

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

Dinosaurs once roamed the world many years ago
and Dragons have never been known to really exist
it remains to be seen but than you hear about them
still finding Dinosaur eggs but who as they say history
repeats itself and you never know what we will hear next
i believe them things in Bible are coming true we are living
in the last days

[aficionado]

Dragons can fly and breather fire, while dinosaurs can't (except for a few species which can fly). And yeah, dinosaurs were real, whereas dragons have always been fictitious.

[Jackblue]

Well dinosaurs never breathed fire or collected treasure.

[madhatters4]

that's the difference? as opposed to one having existed and one definitely didn't

[Jackblue]

@madhatters4 She is indicating that dinosaurs could be defined as dragons. Any attempt to claim that the only difference between the two is that one is real and the other is not is circular. It is like saying that the difference between the rose and la rosa is that one is real the other is not.

[Realfire22]

Thank you, @Jackblue you're one of the only ones who actually understand the question.
Of course I know dragons aren't/weren't real. That's so basic and simple, I'm disgusted mostly everyone only thought of that explanation. You're one of the only ones who knew i meant feature wise.

[madhatters4]

you infer a whole lot from what's the difference
how is it circular to say that one is real and one isn't real? if someone asked me what was the difference between the battle of the bulge and the battle for westeros I'd say one was a fictional battle written in a story and the other was a real battle. That's not circular that's defining the difference... To suggest the difference is breathing fire or collecting treasure is to even acknowledge that dragons are real. They don't breath fire, they don't collect treasure, they don't have scales or wings because they aren't real.

Now if she asked whats the difference between the real dinosaurs and the mythical (fictional/fake/false/not true) creature dragons then maybe we can have that discussion but even that is absurd because we're comparing things that are incomparable

[Jackblue]

@madhatters4 The meanings of words are not set in stone by divine law, even scientists often change how they define something (whenever an animal that has never been seen pops up scientists need to decide whether this is a new species or a different breed of another species, based on the features they use to define that species, whether or not they evolved from the same ancestor does not mean a thing since a lot of both "species" and "breeds" evolved from something else). If somebody were to define dragon as "a giant reptile" then dragons would indeed exist as they would be a synonym for dinosaurs and other large reptiles. Thus, to claim that dinosaurs do exist and dragons don't you need to illuminate their different features.

[Jackblue]

@madhatters4 People originally thought dinosaur bones were dragon bones thus scientists had to define how dinosaurs and dragons are not the same.

[madhatters4]

so are you really trying to argue a proven fact vs an unproven fact?

no words are not set in stone by divine law they are set in stone by logic. the logic is simple dinosaurs existed, dragons have not been proven to exist. when they are proven then we can begin to compare the two

[Dave-x11]

Dinasours-prehistoric animals that roamed around the world a long long time ago.
Dragons-Strong scales, some breath fire (depending on element), some fly. They are usually fantasy based.

[Zorax]

Dragons are mythical beings, they usually breathe fire, they can fly, or even talk, some of the dragons have two or three heads etc, while dinosaurs were real animals, they have extinct about 60 millions of years ago.

[psychomonkey]

there are different species of dinosaurs and dragons are all basically the same.

[madhatters4]

basically the same except one NEVER existed

[psychomonkey]

@madhatters4 yeah if you state the obvious.

[Sara413]

Dragons breathe fire and never actually roamed the earth...

[jakeofalltrades]

well one is confirmed real the other is not. Dragons have wings and can breath fire. only a few dinosaurs were able to fly and none were able to breath fire

[dudeman]

dinosaurs had feathers. I think dragons were just large snakes and lizards most likely.

[angel1987]

Dinosaurs really lived long ago and dragons are fictional (although I do love the idea of them)

[RasAlGhul]

so dinossaurs are a extint... dragon komodo its a real thing but the other fly dragon and fire and all of that yeah for get about it :P

[Maxemeister]

Dragons r bigger, can fly, breathe fire, more badass, not in jurassic park, more ancient,

[Anonymous]

Dragons breath fire and are fictional. Dinosaurs are real... were real.

[RexCatholicissimus]

Are you really asking this question?

[madhatters4]

one is real one is not

[lonerider]

Man you stole the words out of my mouth

[ShaeNielson]

Oh my god no, they're not alike at all..

[Realfire22]

So explain to me (in your own words) how they are different. And i mean other than the fact that one was real and the other one isn't.

[ShaeNielson]

Well apart from the obvious: Dragons are reptile creatures, dinosaurs aren't. Dragons have wings, they can fly, they breathe fire.
There are also Wyverns, those are basically dragons but they only have two legs.

[IamNuts]

One is real and the other isn't.

[Sam19XX]

With Wings.
Without wings.

[cavmanier]

I was thinking that lol

[Anonymous]

Have you ever seen Dragon's fossil? ... -_-

[Anonymous]

wtf. a 22 year old is asking this?