Machete vs Cutlass - What's the difference?
machete | cutlass |
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion. A machete's blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters (cm) long, and up to three millimeters (mm) thick.
To cut or chop with a machete.
To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
Cutlass is a coordinate term of machete.
As nouns the difference between machete and cutlass
is that machete is a sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion. A machete's blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters (cm) long, and up to three millimeters (mm) thick while cutlass is a short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.As a verb machete
is to cut or chop with a machete.machete
English
(wikipedia machete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* boloSee also
* bolo * cleaver * golok (Indonesian) * knife * hatchet * parangVerb
(machet)- After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
- You can't just machete about with a rapier and expect to succeed; you need to thrust properly.