Falx vs. Sword — What's the Difference?

The falx was a weapon with a curved blade that was sharp on the inside edge used by the Thracians and Dacians and, later, a siege hook used by the Romans.

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.

A sickle-shaped anatomical structure.

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.

(historical) A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.

An instrument of death or destruction.

Any sickle-shaped part or process.

The use of force, as in war.

(anatomy) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

Military power or jurisdiction.

A chelicera.

(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.

(anatomy) A snake's poison fang.

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

(anatomy) A rotula of a sea urchin.

(tarot) A card of this suit.

A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

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

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

To stab or cut with a 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.

Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.

Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.

The military power of a country.

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

A cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade