The difference between Attack and Thrust

When used as nouns, attack means an attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy, whereas thrust means an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

When used as verbs, attack means to apply violent force to someone or something, whereas thrust means to make advance with force.


check bellow for the other definitions of Attack and Thrust

  1. Attack as a noun:

    An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.

  2. Attack as a noun:

    An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

    Examples:

    "They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech."

  3. Attack as a noun:

    A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.

    Examples:

    "The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations."

  4. Attack as a noun (informal, by extension):

    The beginning of active operations on anything.

    Examples:

    "Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry."

  5. Attack as a noun (cricket):

    Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.

  6. Attack as a noun (volleyball):

    Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: hit spike"

  7. Attack as a noun (lacrosse):

    The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.

  8. Attack as a noun (medicine):

    The sudden onset of a disease or condition.

    Examples:

    "I've had an attack of the flu."

  9. Attack as a noun:

    An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.

  10. Attack as a noun (music):

    The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.

    Examples:

    "ant decay release"

  11. Attack as a noun (audio):

    The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

  1. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To apply violent force to someone or something.

    Examples:

    "This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened."

  2. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).

    Examples:

    "She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts."

  3. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

  4. Attack as a verb (transitive):

    To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

    Examples:

    "We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework."

    "I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite."

  5. Attack as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To aim balls at the batsman's wicket.

  6. Attack as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.

  7. Attack as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

  8. Attack as a verb (soccer):

    To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.

  9. Attack as a verb (cycling):

    To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

  1. Thrust as a noun (fencing):

    An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

    Examples:

    "Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought."

  2. Thrust as a noun:

    A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

    Examples:

    "The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"

  3. Thrust as a noun:

    The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

    Examples:

    "Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void."

  4. Thrust as a noun (figuratively):

    The primary effort; the goal.

    Examples:

    "Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education."

  1. Thrust as a verb (intransitive):

    To make advance with force.

    Examples:

    "We thrust at the enemy with our forces."

  2. Thrust as a verb (transitive):

    To force something upon someone.

    Examples:

    "I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me."

  3. Thrust as a verb (transitive):

    To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

    Examples:

    "He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers."

  4. Thrust as a verb (transitive):

    To push or drive with force; to shove.

    Examples:

    "to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument"

  5. Thrust as a verb (intransitive):

    To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

  6. Thrust as a verb:

    To stab; to pierce; usually with through.