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Drake=Dragon.

Tolkien used "drake" more often than used "dragon" cuz the latter one was derived from Latin while the former one was derived from Old English which Tolkien loved more. Obviously, "drake" -which is "draca" in OE -was borrowed from Latin, too.

"Worm" is the Mordern English word (which is existed, but seldom used as the meaning of "dragon" now) for "wyrm" which means "dragon, serpent, snake or worm" in OE.