What's the difference between pegasus and petasus?
Pegasus
Definition:
(n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.
(n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.
(n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.
Example Sentences:
(1) A survey of 788 patients on a specialty support surface, Pegasus Airwave System, in 119 hospitals or hospices in the United Kingdom during February and March 1991 provided the largest database on the current pattern of use of any pressure-relieving mattress.
(2) Heavy rain last Thursday marred the Pegasus Day parade that marks the opening of the annual Kentucky Derby festival.
(3) This study describes the current use and reported effectiveness of the Pegasus Airwave System in pressure sore prevention.
(4) On film, he showed up in The Remains of the Day (1993); Paul Greengrass’s Bloody Sunday (2002), a harrowing documentary reconstruction of the protest and massacre in Derry in 1972; as Pegasus, head of MI7, in Rowan Atkinson’s Johnny English (2003) and the foreign secretary in the Bond movie Quantum of Solace (2008) .
(5) Three-dimensional structures were generated using the torsion angle space program PEGASUS.
(6) Three giant planets were snapped around a star known as HR 8799 in the constellation of Pegasus, 130 light years from Earth.
Petasus
Definition:
(n.) The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.