Jab vs Sword - What's the difference?
jab | sword |
A quick stab or blow
(boxing) A short straight punch.
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(British) A medical injection.
(US, figurative) A verbal annoyance.
To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
To deliver a quick punch.
(slang, UK) To give someone an injection
(weaponry) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice.
* 1591 , William Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.
Someone paid to handle a sword.
(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
(tarot) A card of this suit.
(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
As nouns the difference between jab and sword
is that jab is a quick stab or blow while sword is (weaponry) a long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice .As a verb jab
is to poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.jab
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(wikipedia jab)Noun
(en noun)- American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.
- Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs .
Derived terms
* jabbyVerb
(jabb)sword
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
- Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.