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Guillotine vs Gallow - What's the difference?

guillotine | gallow |

As verbs the difference between guillotine and gallow

is that guillotine is to execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine while gallow is to frighten.

As a noun guillotine

is a machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade.

guillotine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade.
  • A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
  • A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.

    • Verb

    (guillotin)
  • To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.
  • To end discussion on a parliamentary bill by invoking cloture.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "guillotine") English eponyms ----

    gallow

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) to frighten
  • * 1605': The wrathful skies / '''Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves. — William Shakespeare, ''King Lear III.ii

    • See also

    * gallows