Scimitar vs. Sword — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scimitar and Sword
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Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a backsword or sabre with a curved blade typically associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures.
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.
Scimitar
A curved Asian sword with the edge on the convex side.
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.
Scimitar
A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
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Sword
An instrument of death or destruction.
Scimitar
A long-handled billhook.
Sword
The use of force, as in war.
Scimitar
(transitive) To strike or slice with, or as if with, a scimitar.
Sword
Military power or jurisdiction.
Scimitar
A curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
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.
Sword
(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
Sword
(tarot) A card of this suit.
Sword
(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Sword
(heraldry) The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge.
Sword
To stab or cut with a sword
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.
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.
Sword
Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Sword
The military power of a country.
He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law.
Sword
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Sword
A cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade
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