Axe vs Axeblade - What's the difference?
axe | axeblade |
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:
The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.
* 1904, Terrot Reaveley Glover, Studies in Virgil'', reprinted as ''Virgil , Barnes & Noble (1969), page 198,
* 1959, Frank Yerby, Jarrett's Jade: A Novel , Dial Press, page 19,
* 2006, Hugh Cook, The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster , Lulu Press, Inc., ISBN 1411685849, page 307,
As nouns the difference between axe and axeblade
is that 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 or axe can be (archaic) the axle of a wheel while axeblade is the blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.As a verb axe
is to fell or chop with an axe or axe can be to furnish with an axle or axe can be (obsolete|or|dialectal).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.
axeblade
English
Noun
(en noun)- This image, topped by a head as featureless as an axeblade , spoke in words condensed from scalding steam.
- James took a step forward, his dark eyes bright under that jutting hedgerow of a brow that swept across his forehead without a break even above his axeblade of a nose.
- The dwarf hacked at Sod's boot, sinking his axeblade deep into the Banker's foot.