The difference between Foil and Sword

When used as nouns, foil means a very thin sheet of metal, whereas sword means a long-bladed weapon with a hilt, and usually a pommel and cross-guard, which is designed to stab, slash, and/or hack.

Foil is also verb with the meaning: to prevent (something) from being accomplished.

check bellow for the other definitions of Foil and Sword

  1. Foil as a noun:

    A very thin sheet of metal.

  2. Foil as a noun (uncountable):

    Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

  3. Foil as a noun:

    A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

  4. Foil as a noun (authorship, figuratively):

    In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.

  5. Foil as a noun (figuratively):

    Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.

  6. Foil as a noun (fencing):

    A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip

  7. Foil as a noun:

    A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.

  8. Foil as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    A stylized flower or leaf.

  9. Foil as a noun:

    A hydrofoil.

  10. Foil as a noun:

    An aerofoil/airfoil.

  1. Foil as a verb:

    To prevent (something) from being accomplished.

  2. Foil as a verb:

    To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

  3. Foil as a verb:

    To blunt; to dull; to spoil.

    Examples:

    "to foil the scent in hunting"

    "rfquotek Addison"

  4. Foil as a verb (obsolete):

    To tread underfoot; to trample.

  1. Foil as a noun:

    Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  2. Foil as a noun:

    One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.

  1. Foil as a noun (hunting):

    The track of an animal.

  1. Foil as a verb (mathematics):

    To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.

  1. Foil as a verb (obsolete):

    To defile; to soil.

  1. Sword as a noun (weaponry):

    A long-bladed weapon with a hilt, and usually a pommel and cross-guard, which is designed to stab, slash, and/or hack.

  2. Sword as a noun (tarot):

    A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.

  3. Sword as a noun (tarot):

    A card of this suit.

  4. Sword as a noun (weaving):

    One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

  5. Sword as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge.

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