Crescent vs Sickle - What's the difference?
crescent | sickle |
The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
# A curved pastry.
# A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
(Islam) A representation of the symbol used by Islamic caliphates
(NZ) A crescent spanner.
(historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
(heraldiccharge) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
A crescentspot butterfly.
(dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
* Tennyson
Shaped like a crescent.
* Milton
To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
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To adorn with crescents.
(Webster 1913)
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(agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops
(agriculture) To cut with a sickle
To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
In lang=en terms the difference between crescent and sickle
is that crescent is to adorn with crescents while sickle is to assume an abnormal crescent shape used of red blood cells.As nouns the difference between crescent and sickle
is that crescent is the figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points while sickle is (agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.As adjectives the difference between crescent and sickle
is that crescent is (dated|rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the moon while sickle is shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.As verbs the difference between crescent and sickle
is that crescent is to form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent while sickle is (agriculture|transitive) to cut with a sickle.crescent
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* crescent roll * Fertile CrescentAdjective
(-)- O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
- Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
