Saber vs. Sword — What's the Difference?

A heavy cavalry sword with a one-edged, slightly curved blade.

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 light dueling or fencing sword having an arched guard covering the hand and a tapered flexible blade with a cutting edge on one side and on the tip.

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.

To hit, injure, or kill with a saber.

An instrument of death or destruction.

To remove the tip of (a Champagne bottle) by swiping a saber or similar instrument along the bottle's seam until it hits the lip at the bottle's tip. The pressure inside the bottle causes the tip of the glass and the cork to shoot off together.

The use of force, as in war.

(American spelling) sabre

Military power or jurisdiction.

(American spelling) sabre

(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.

A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

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

To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.

(tarot) A card of this suit.

A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

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

A stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

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

Cut or injure with a saber

To stab or cut with a sword

Kill with a saber

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