mutant vs phoenix

mutant

noun
  • That has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation. 

  • Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre. 

  • Synonym of mutex 

adj
  • Strange, abnormal, or bizarre. 

  • Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation. 

phoenix

noun
  • Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. 

  • A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta. 

  • A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes. 

  • A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang. 

verb
  • To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability 

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