Truncheon vs. Blackjack — What's the Difference?

A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

Blackjack (formerly Black Jack and Vingt-Un) is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. The game is played with decks of 52 cards and is an American descendant of a global family of banking games known as Twenty-One.

A short stick carried by police; a billy club.

A leather-covered bludgeon used as a hand weapon, having a short, flexible shaft or strap from which it is swung.

A staff carried as a symbol of office or authority; a baton.

(Games) A card game in which the object is to accumulate cards with a higher count than that of the dealer but not exceeding 21. Also called twenty-one, vingt-et-un.

A thick cutting from a plant, as for grafting.

Sphalerite.

(Obsolete) A heavy club; a cudgel.

To hit or beat with a blackjack.

(obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.

To coerce by threats.

(obsolete) The shaft of a spear.

(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.

A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

(card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.

A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

(card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).

(obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).

(euphemistic) A penis.

(weapons) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.

(transitive) To strike with a truncheon.

(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.

A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.

A baton, or military staff of command.

A blackjack oak.

A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.

To beat with a truncheon.

To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.

A short stout club used primarily by policemen

A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad 3-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the bank up to but not exceeding 21

Exert pressure on someone through threats