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
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Rachis as a noun (obsolete, zoology, anatomy):
The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.
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Rachis as a noun (zoology):
An anatomical shaft or axis in a marine invertebrate.
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Rachis as a noun (ornithology):
The central shaft of a feather.
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Rachis as a noun (botany):
The main shaft of either a compound leaf, head of grain, or fern frond.
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Shaft as a noun (obsolete):
The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
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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."
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Shaft as a noun (by extension):
Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
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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.
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Shaft as a noun:
A beam or ray of light.
Examples:
"Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?"
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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!"
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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!"
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Shaft as a noun (architecture):
Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
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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."
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Shaft as a noun:
The chamber of a blast furnace.
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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."
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Shaft as a verb (transitive):
To equip with a shaft.
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Shaft as a verb (transitive, slang):
To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
Examples:
"Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend."