Assault vs Thrust - What's the difference?

Assault is a related term of thrust.

In fencing|lang=en terms the difference between assault and thrust

is that assault is (fencing) a non-competitive combat between two fencers while thrust is (fencing) an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

As nouns the difference between assault and thrust

is that assault is a violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town while thrust is (fencing) an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

As verbs the difference between assault and thrust

is that assault is to attack, threaten or harass while thrust is (lb) to make advance with.

assault

English

Noun

(en noun)

A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.

* Prescott

The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault .

* Shakespeare

Unshaken bears the assault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.

A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.

(criminal, legal) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.

(singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.

An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.

(singulare tantum, legal) The tort whose action is such an act.

(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.

Synonyms

Derived terms

* antiassault * assault and battery * nonassault * reassault

Coordinate terms

* battery

Verb

(en verb)

To attack, threaten or harass.

thrust

English

Noun

(en noun)

(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.

A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"

The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.

(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.

Synonyms

* (push, stab, or lunge forward ): break, dart, grab * (force generated by propulsion ): lift, push * (primary effort or goal ): focus, gist, point

Verb

(lb) To make advance with .

(lb) To something upon someone.

(lb) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

(lb) To push or drive with force; to shove.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:Into a dungeon thrust , to work with slaves.

(lb) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:And thrust between my father and the god.

To stab; to pierce; usually with through .

Synonyms

* (advance with force) attack, charge, rush * (force upon someone) compel, charge, force * (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully) dart, reach, stab

Anagrams

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