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Lancet vs Knife - What's the difference?

lancet | knife |

As nouns the difference between lancet and knife

is that lancet is a sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc while 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 .

lancet

English

Alternative forms

* launcet (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
  • (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
  • (Knight)

    Hyponyms

    * (sharp surgical instrument)

    Derived terms

    * lancet arch * (ichthyological) lancetfish

    References

    * Webster's International Dictionary 1902.

    Anagrams

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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