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Arm vs. Sword — What's the Difference?

Arm vs. Sword — What's the Difference?

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Arm

In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint. In common usage, the arm extends through the hand.

Sword

A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved.

Arm

An upper limb of the human body, connecting the hand and wrist to the shoulder.

Sword

A handheld weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt.

Arm

A part similar to a human arm, such as the forelimb of an animal or a long part projecting from a central support in a machine.
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Sword

An instrument of death or destruction.

Arm

Something, such as a sleeve on a garment or a support on a chair, that is designed to cover or support the human arm.

Sword

The use of force, as in war.

Arm

A relatively narrow extension jutting out from a large mass:an arm of the sea.

Sword

Military power or jurisdiction.

Arm

An administrative or functional branch, as of an organization.

Sword

(weaponry) A long-bladed weapon device with a grip- a hilt (a pommel and cross guard), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.

Arm

Power or authority:the long arm of the law.

Sword

(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.

Arm

(Sports)The skill of throwing or pitching a ball well.

Sword

(tarot) A card of this suit.

Arm

A weapon, especially a firearm
Troops bearing arms.
ICBMs, bombs, and other nuclear arms.

Sword

(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Arm

A branch of a military force
Infantry, armor, and other combat arms.

Sword

(heraldry) The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge.

Arm

Warfare
A call to arms against the invaders.

Sword

To stab or cut with a sword

Arm

Military service
Several million volunteers under arms.
The profession of arms.

Sword

An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp-pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.

Arm

(Heraldry) Bearings.

Sword

Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.
He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain.
She quits the balance, and resigns the sword.

Arm

Insignia, as of a state, an official, a family, or an organization.

Sword

Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Arm

To supply or equip oneself with weaponry.

Sword

The military power of a country.
He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law.

Arm

To prepare oneself for warfare or conflict.

Sword

One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Arm

To equip with weapons
Armed themselves with loaded pistols.
Arm a missile with a warhead.
Arm a nation for war.

Sword

A cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade

Arm

To equip with what is needed for effective action
Tax advisers who were armed with the latest forms.

Arm

To provide with something that strengthens or protects
A space reentry vehicle that was armed with a ceramic shield.

Arm

To prepare (a weapon or electronic system, such as an alarm) for use or operation, as by releasing a safety device.

Arm

The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”

Arm

(anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.

Arm

A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
The arms of an octopus

Arm

The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.

Arm

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.

Arm

(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

Arm

A branch of an organization.
The cavalry arm of the military service

Arm

(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
The arm of the law
The secular arm

Arm

A pitcher
The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

Arm

(genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.

Arm

A group of patients in a medical trial.

Arm

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

Arm

(in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia.
The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

Arm

; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.

Arm

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Arm

(transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
The king armed his knights with swords and shields.

Arm

To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.

Arm

(transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.

Arm

To become prepared for action; to activate.

Arm

(transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
To arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

Arm

(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.

Arm

(transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Arm

; lacking in riches or wealth.

Arm

To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Arm

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

Arm

Anything resembling an arm

Arm

Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

Arm

A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.

Arm

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
And make him with our pikes and partisansA grave: come, arm him.
Arm your prize;I know you will not lose him.

Arm

To furnish with arms or limbs.
His shoulders broad and strong,Armed long and round.

Arm

To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
Abram . . . armed his trained servants.

Arm

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

Arm

Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind.

Arm

To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

Arm

A human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

Arm

Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting;
He was licensed to carry a weapon

Arm

An administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;
A branch of Congress

Arm

Any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;
The arm of the record player
An arm of the sea
A branch of the sewer

Arm

The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

Arm

The part of a garment that is attached at armhole and provides a cloth covering for the arm

Arm

Prepare oneself for a military confrontation;
The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
Troops are building up on the Iraqui border

Arm

Supply with arms;
The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan

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