Ask vs. Axe — What's the Difference?

To put a question to

An axe (sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has many forms and specialised uses but generally consists of an axe head with a handle, or helve.

To seek an answer to

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle

To seek information about

A musical instrument used in popular music or jazz, especially a guitar or (originally) a saxophone.

To make a request of

End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly

To make a request for. Often used with an infinitive or clause

Cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively

To require or call for as a price or condition

A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.

To expect or demand

Any of various bladed, handheld implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.

To invite

(Informal) A sudden termination of employment

(Archaic)To publish, as marriage banns.

(Slang) A musical instrument, especially a guitar.

To make inquiry; seek information.

To chop or fell with or as if with an axe

To make a request

(Informal) To remove ruthlessly or suddenly

The act of making a request

Variant of ax2.

Something that is requested

A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.

To request (information, or an answer to a question).

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

To put forward (a question) to be answered.

(informal) A dismissal or rejection.

To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

(figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.

To request or petition; usually with for.

A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.

To request permission to do something.

(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

(archaic) The axle of a wheel.

To invite.

(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.

To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.

To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

(figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

To furnish with an axle.

An act or instance of asking.

Alternative form of ask

Something asked or asked for.

See Ax, Axman.

An asking price.

An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

(Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.

Chop or split with an ax;

An eft; newt.

Terminate;

A lizard.

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; - often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?

To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

To publish in church for marriage; - said of both the banns and the persons.

To request or petition; - usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.

To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after.

A water newt.

Inquire about;

Make a request or demand for something to somebody;

Direct or put; seek an answer to;

Consider obligatory; request and expect;

Require or ask for as a price or condition;

Address a question to and expect an answer from;

Require as useful, just, or proper;