Wand vs. Willow — What's the Difference?

A wand is a thin, light-weight rod that is held with one hand, and is traditionally made of wood, but may also be made of other materials, such as metal or plastic. Long versions of wands are often styled in forms of staves or sceptres, which could have large ornamentation on the top.

Willows, also called sallows and osiers, form the genus Salix, are around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English sealh, related to the Latin word salix, willow).

A thin supple rod, twig, or stick.

Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Salix, having usually narrow leaves, unisexual flowers borne in catkins, and strong lightweight wood.

A slender rod carried as a symbol of office in a procession; a scepter.

The wood of any of these trees.

(Music) A conductor's baton.

Something, such as a cricket bat, that is made from willow.

A stick or baton used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.

A textile machine consisting of a spiked drum revolving inside a chamber fitted internally with spikes, used to open and clean unprocessed cotton or wool.

A stick or baton associated with the supernatural as a source of power.

To open and clean (textile fibers) with a willow.

A pipelike attachment that lengthens the handle of a device or tool

Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.

A handheld electronic device, often shaped like a rod, that is used for security purposes to detect metal.

The wood of these trees.

(Sports) A narrow slat used as an archery target.

A cricket bat.

To scan (a person, for example) with an electronic wand.

The baseball bat.

A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.

A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.

(by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.

(transitive) To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.

A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).

(intransitive) To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.

A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.

Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.

A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; - probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.

(transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

A small stick; a rod; a verge.

A textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers

A staff of authority.

A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.

A baton used by a magician or water diviner

A ceremonial or emblematic staff