The difference between Haft and Stele

When used as nouns, haft means the handle of a tool or weapon, whereas stele means an upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions.


Haft is also verb with the meaning: to fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).

check bellow for the other definitions of Haft and Stele

  1. Haft as a noun:

    The handle of a tool or weapon.

  1. Haft as a verb (transitive):

    To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).

  1. Haft as a noun (Northern English dialect):

    A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.

  1. Stele as a noun:

  1. Stele as a noun (archaeology):

    An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.

  2. Stele as a noun (archaeology, uncommon):

    Any carved or engraved surface.

  3. Stele as a noun (architecture, archaeology, obsolete):

    An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.

  1. Stele as a noun (botany):

    The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.

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