The difference between Knife and Sword

When used as nouns, knife means a utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. the blade may be pointed for piercing, 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.


Knife is also verb with the meaning: to cut with a knife.

check bellow for the other definitions of Knife and Sword

  1. Knife as a noun:

    A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.

  2. Knife as a noun:

    A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.

  3. Knife as a noun:

    Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.

  1. Knife as a verb (transitive):

    To cut with a knife.

  2. Knife as a verb (transitive):

    To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.

  3. Knife as a verb (intransitive):

    To cut through as if with a knife.

  4. Knife as a verb (transitive):

    To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.

  5. Knife as a verb (transitive):

    To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut

  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.