Lancet vs Knife - What's the difference?
lancet | knife |
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.
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
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.
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
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)- (Knight)
Hyponyms
* (sharp surgical instrument)Derived terms
* lancet arch * (ichthyological) lancetfishReferences
* Webster's International Dictionary 1902.External links
* (wikipedia "lancet")Anagrams
*knife
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Noun
(knives)- Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife , a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.