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Backsword vs Backword - What's the difference?

backsword | backword |

As nouns the difference between backsword and backword

is that backsword is a sword with one sharp edge while backword is a contention, retort, or reply.

backsword

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sword with one sharp edge.
  • * 1884 : Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword , page 140.
  • It is a thick, heavy backsword, eighteen inches long, with a bevel where the point should be, worn at the waist in a half-scabbard of wood, and used for digging as well as killing.
  • (UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
  • (UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
  • (Halliwell)

    Synonyms

    * (stick with basket handle) singlestick

    Anagrams

    *

    backword

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A contention, retort, or reply.
  • A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
  • A section of commentary at the end of a book.
  • See also

    * foreword