Scythe vs. Axe — What's the Difference?

A scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops. It is traditionally used to cut down or reap edible grains, before the process of threshing.

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.

A tool used for cutting crops such as grass or corn, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to one or two short handles.

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

Cut with a scythe

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

An implement consisting of a long, curved single-edged blade with a long handle, used for mowing or reaping.

End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly

To cut with or as if with a scythe.

Cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively

An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.

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

(historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

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

(cartomancy) The tenth Lenormand card.

(Informal) A sudden termination of employment

(intransitive) To use a scythe.

(Slang) A musical instrument, especially a guitar.

(transitive) To cut with a scythe.

To chop or fell with or as if with an axe

(transitive) To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

(Informal) To remove ruthlessly or suddenly

To attack or injure as if cutting.

Variant of ax2.

An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.

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.

A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

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

To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

(informal) A dismissal or rejection.

An edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground

(figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.

Cut with a scythe;

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

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

(archaic) The axle of a wheel.

(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.

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

To furnish with an axle.

Alternative form of ask

See Ax, Axman.

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

Chop or split with an ax;

Terminate;