Bludgeon vs Bash - What's the difference?
bludgeon | bash |
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
To strike heavily.
To collide.
To criticize harshly.
A large party; gala event.
An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
* Spenser
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As a noun bludgeon
is a short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.As a verb bludgeon
is to strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.As an acronym bash is
(computing) name of the (the "shell") for unix-like operating system.bludgeon
English
Noun
(en noun)- We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon .
See also
* truncheonVerb
(en verb)- The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.
- Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.
Synonyms
* (to club) cudgel * (coerce) harrass, pummelDerived terms
* bludgeonerReferences
*bash
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), akin to Swedish .Verb
(es)Noun
(es)- They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
Derived terms
* bashmentEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m). See (abash).Verb
- His countenance was bold and bashed not.