Phoenix vs Legacy - What's the difference?

As a proper noun phoenix

is .

As a noun legacy is

(legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

As an adjective legacy is

(computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain.

phoenix

English

(wikipedia phoenix)

Alternative forms

* phenix, , pheonix

Noun

(mythology) 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.

(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.

Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.

(mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.

References

----

legacy

English

Noun

(legacies)

(legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will

Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage

left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.

The descendant of an alumnus

Because she was a legacy , her mother's sorority rushed her.

Adjective

(head)

(computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain

left behind; old or no longer in active use

They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.

''A legacy number or legacy identifier means a number no longer in use (for a document, for example)."