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Maul vs Cudgel - What's the difference?

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Maul is a related term of cudgel.


As nouns the difference between maul and cudgel

is that maul is mouth of an animal while cudgel is a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.

As a verb cudgel is

to strike with a cudgel.

maul

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat.
  • (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.

    • Synonyms

    * (weapon) club, mace

    See also

    * ruck * scrum

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To handle someone or something in a rough way.
  • To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
    • The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
  • (figuratively) To criticise harshly.

    • Related terms

    * mall * mallet

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    cudgel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
    • The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates. The threat to swing glinted in his eye.
  • * 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
    • Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
  • * Bunyan
    • He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and falls to rating of them as if they were dogs.

    Synonyms

    * club * singlestick

    Verb

  • To strike with a cudgel.
    • The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters, with his own beatstick no less.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I would cudgel him like a dog if he would say so.
  • To exercise (one's wits or brains).

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