The difference between Rachis and Shaft

When used as nouns, rachis means the spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine, whereas shaft means the entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.


Shaft is also verb with the meaning: to fuck over.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rachis and Shaft

  1. Rachis as a noun (obsolete, zoology, anatomy):

    The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.

  2. Rachis as a noun (zoology):

    An anatomical shaft or axis in a marine invertebrate.

  3. Rachis as a noun (ornithology):

    The central shaft of a feather.

  4. Rachis as a noun (botany):

    The main shaft of either a compound leaf, head of grain, or fern frond.

  1. Shaft as a noun (obsolete):

    The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

  2. Shaft as a noun:

    The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

    Examples:

    "Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered."

  3. Shaft as a noun (by extension):

    Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

  4. Shaft as a noun:

    Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.

  5. Shaft as a noun:

    A beam or ray of light.

    Examples:

    "Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?"

  6. Shaft as a noun:

    The main axis of a feather.

    Examples:

    "I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!"

  7. Shaft as a noun (lacrosse):

    The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.

    Examples:

    "Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!"

  8. Shaft as a noun:

    A long, narrow passage sunk into the earth, either natural or for artificial.

    Examples:

    "Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts."

  9. Shaft as a noun:

    A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.

    Examples:

    "Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft."

  10. Shaft as a noun:

    A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.

    Examples:

    "Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft."

  11. Shaft as a noun (architecture):

    Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.

  12. Shaft as a noun:

    The main cylindrical part of the penis.

    Examples:

    "The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males."

  13. Shaft as a noun:

    The chamber of a blast furnace.

  1. Shaft as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

    Examples:

    "Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that."

  2. Shaft as a verb (transitive):

    To equip with a shaft.

  3. Shaft as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

    Examples:

    "Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend."

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