Pommel vs. Sword — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pommel and Sword
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Pommel
To beat; pummel.
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.
Pommel
The upper front part of a saddle; a saddlebow.
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.
Pommel
Either of the two rounded handles on top of a pommel horse.
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Sword
An instrument of death or destruction.
Pommel
A knob on the hilt of a sword or similar weapon used to provide a more secure grip on the weapon or to counterbalance the blade.
Sword
The use of force, as in war.
Pommel
The upper front brow of a saddle.
Sword
Military power or jurisdiction.
Pommel
A rounded knob or handle.
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.
Pommel
Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
Sword
(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
Pommel
The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.
Sword
(tarot) A card of this suit.
Pommel
A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
Sword
(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Pommel
The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.
Sword
(heraldry) The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge.
Pommel
(transitive) To pound or beat.
Sword
To stab or cut with a sword
Pommel
A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
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.
Pommel
To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.
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.
Pommel
A handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse
Sword
Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Pommel
Handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle
Sword
The military power of a country.
He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law.
Pommel
An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
Sword
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Pommel
Strike, usually with the fist;
The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators
Sword
A cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade
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