What is the difference between adze and axe?
adze | axe |
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
* 1719 , :
To shape a material using an adze.
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.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
(informal) A dismissal or rejection.
* 1975 , (Bob Dylan), (Tangled Up in Blue)
(slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
(finance) A directional position or interest, by a dealer in a financial market – if one wishes to unload stock, one is “axed to sell” or “has an axe”.
To fell or chop with an axe.
To terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner.
To lay off: to terminate a person's employment
To furnish with an axle.
(obsolete, or, dialectal)
* 1395 , John Wycliffe, trans. Bible , 1 Corinthis 14:35:
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke IIi:
English terms with multiple etymologies
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As nouns the difference between adze and axe
is that adze is a cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood while axe is 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.As verbs the difference between adze and axe
is that adze is to shape a material using an adze while axe is to fell or chop with an axe.adze
English
Alternative forms
* adz (US)Noun
(en noun)- ...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze .
See also
* adze-eye hammer * axe * mattockExternal links
* (wikipedia "adze")References
Verb
(adz)Anagrams
*axe
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) , and also (etyl) (m).Alternative forms
* ax (largely US)Noun
(en noun)- His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe .
- I had a job in the great North Woods
- Workin' as a cook for a spell.
- But I never did like it all that much
- And one day the axe just fell.
Shedding the correlation ‘axe’, Risk magazine Derived from “have an axe to grind”, which is also used.
Usage notes
In the United States, this spelling is often used to distinguish the weapon from the tool, though some simply don't use the "ax" spelling at all, and only use "axe".Synonyms
* chop, pink slip, sack, bootDerived terms
* have an axe to grind * battle axe * axemanSee also
* adze * hatchet * twibillVerb
(ax)- The government announced its plans to axe public spending.
- The broadcaster axed the series because far less people than expected watched it.
- He got axed in the last round of firings.
Synonyms
* (lay off) fire, lay off, downsizeEtymology 2
Alternative forms
* (US)Verb
(ax)Etymology 3
Verb
(ax)- But if thei wolen ony thing lerne, at home axe thei her hosebondis; for it is foule thing to a womman to speke in chirche.
- And the people axed hym, sayinge: What shall we do then.