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Knife vs Barber - What's the difference?

knife | barber |

As a noun knife

is a utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle the blade may be pointed for piercing.

As a verb knife

is to cut with a knife .

As a proper noun barber is

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knife

English

Noun

(knives)
  • A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
  • * 2007 , Scott Smith, The Ruins , page 273
    • Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife , a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.
  • A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
  • Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as the knives for a chipper.

    • Derived terms

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    See also

    * athame * bayonet * bistoury * cake slice, cake-slice * dagger * poniard * scalpel * stiletto * (wikipedia "knife")

    Verb

    (knif)
  • To cut with a knife .
  • To use a knife' to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the ' knife as a weapon.
  • To cut through as if with a knife .
  • To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
  • To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut

    • barber

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia barber) (en noun)
  • A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
  • A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.

    • Synonyms

    * hairdresser, hair-dresser * hairstylist, hair-stylist

    Derived terms

    * barber's itch * barber pole / barber's pole * barbershop * barber surgeon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cut the hair or beard of (a person).
  • (US, slang) To chatter, talk.
  • * 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 29:
    • ‘I shouldn't ought to barber with you. But when I like a guy, the ceiling's the limit.’