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
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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.
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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.
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Knife as a noun:
Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
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Knife as a verb (transitive):
To cut with a knife.
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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.
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Knife as a verb (intransitive):
To cut through as if with a knife.
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Knife as a verb (transitive):
To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
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Knife as a verb (transitive):
To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut
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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.
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Sword as a noun (tarot):
A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
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Sword as a noun (tarot):
A card of this suit.
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Sword as a noun (weaving):
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
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Sword as a noun (heraldiccharge):
The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge.