Siren vs. Mermaid — What's the Difference?

Greek Mythology One of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island.

In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Siren A woman regarded as irresistibly alluring.

A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.

A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning.

A mythological Category:en:Mythological_creatures creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning

Coloured a brilliant turquoise.

Any of several slender aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae of eastern North America, having external gills, small forelimbs, and no hind limbs.

(obsolete) A prostitute.

(Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.

One who sings sweetly and charms.

Half woman and half fish; lives in the sea

A dangerously seductive woman.

(biology) A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia.

(biology) A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.

A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879).

(music) A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).

An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.

An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.

To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

Relating to or like a siren.

One of three sea nymphs, - or, according to some writers, of two, - said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.

An enticing, dangerous woman.

Something which is insidious or deceptive.

A mermaid.

Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidæ, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.

An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.

Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived;

A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

An acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

Eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills