Muscle vs Knife - What's the difference?
muscle | knife |
(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
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(uncountable, usually plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
* 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii
(uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
* 2010 , Adam Quinn, US Foreign Policy in Context , page 81
* 2013 , John D. MacDonald, The Long Lavender Look , page 15
(uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
* 1985 — , The Infinity Doctors , p 34
To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
* 1988', Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", '''' ' 47 (6): 28-34.
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 verbs the difference between muscle and knife
is that muscle is while knife is to cut with a knife .As an adjective muscle
is muscled, muscly, muscular.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.muscle
English
(wikipedia muscle)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
- His brow and hair and the palms of his hands were wet, and there was a kind of nervous contraction of his muscles . They seemed to ripple and string tense.
- You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker
- The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
- The lesson to be drawn from the events of 1914, to Roosevelt's mind, was that civilization needed muscle to defend it, not just solemn words.
- It was going to take muscle to pluck Miss Agnes out of the canal.
- It was easy enough to dodge him, let him crash into the floorboards. Peltroc knew that his priority was the leader, not the hired muscle .
Derived terms
* beer muscles * cardiac muscle * gym muscles * involuntary muscle * make a muscle * * musclebound * muscle boy * muscle car * muscled * muscledom * muscle dysmorphia * muscleful * muscle in on * muscleless * muscleman * muscle relaxant * muscle shirt * musclesome * muscle tone * muscle up * muscle-up * muscled up * muscular * muscularity * musculature * muscly * skeletal muscle * smooth muscle * voluntary muscleSee also
* myology * myotomyVerb
(muscl)- He muscled his way through the crowd.
- Hensel and Wilson hit a series of leg shots simultaneously as Christian muscles between them with Quinn right on his heels.
Derived terms
* outmuscleknife
English
Noun
(knives)- Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife , a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.