fleur-de-lis vs iris

iris vs fleur-de-lis

fleur-de-lis and iris both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fleur-de-lis	Yes	No	No	No
iris	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fleur-de-lis and iris are synonyms defined as:

fleur-de-lis and iris: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

Other synonyms of fleur-de-lis include flag, sword lily.

fleur-de-lis (noun)	iris (noun)
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris	diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals	muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
	plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

Difference between fleur-de-lis and iris

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