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Dagger vs Pica - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between dagger and pica

is that dagger is (soccer) a player, supporter or other person connected with while pica is (l); (l); (l).

dagger

English

Etymology 1

Probably from (etyl) dague (1229), related to (etyl), (etyl), (etyl) daga , (etyl) Degen, (etyl) . In English attested from the 1380s. The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm Grimm suspects Celtic origin. Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique'', 1750) thought that French ''dague'' was a derivation from German ''dagge'', ''dagen , although not attested until a much later date). The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca'' in his ''Philippide''. Other Middle Latin forms include ''daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga''http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DAGGER; the forms with ''-r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word). OED points out that there is also an English verb from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400. Relation to Old Armenian .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (weapon) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
  • * , Act I, Scene I, line 282.
    • I bruised my shin th’ other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; ...
  • * 1786 , , A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 34.
    • The dagger , under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.
  • The text character ; the obelus.
    • Synonyms
    * (stabbing weapon): dirk, knife * (text character): obelisk, obelus * (anything that causes pain like a dagger) barb
    Derived terms
    * at daggers drawn * cloak-and-dagger * double dagger * look daggers * speak daggers * stare daggers
    See also
    * poniard * rondel * stiletto

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps from (diagonal).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
    • (Knight)

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    pica

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (from the idea that magpies will eat almost anything).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (medicine) A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * chthonophagia * allotriophagy * geophagy

    Etymology 2

    The printing senses are probably from named the obsolete service book, which used this type size (compare canon and brevier) Type Foundry blog: Type bodies compared. In turn seemingly from (etyl) ).

    Noun

  • (typography, uncountable) A size of type.
  • (typography, countable) A unit of measure equivalent to 12 points.
  • # The traditional British and American pica, about 4.22 mm, or 0.166 in (close to 1/6 of an inch).
  • # (computing) The (PostScript) pica, 1/6 of an inch.
  • (obsolete) A Roman Catholic service book; a type of ecclesiastical calendar book.
    • Derived terms
    * pica point
    See also
    * cicero * em * en * point

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (small rodent)
  • * 1895 , Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History (volume 3, page 190)
    • Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas , tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions

    Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies

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