Oblique vs Slash - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between oblique and slash

is that oblique is an oblique line while slash is a swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.

As verbs the difference between oblique and slash

is that oblique is to deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction while slash is to cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.

As an adjective oblique

is not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

As a conjunction slash is

Used to connect two or more identities in a list.

oblique
English

Adjective
(er)
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

* Cheyne

It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion.

Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

* Drayton

The love we bear our friends Hath in it certain oblique ends.

* De Quincey

This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.

* Wordsworth

Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye / That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.

Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

* Baker

His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak.

(botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side larger or extending further than the other.

Derived terms
* oblique angle * oblique arch * oblique ascension * oblique bridge * oblique case * oblique circle * oblique fire * oblique flank * oblique line * oblique motion * oblique muscle * oblique narration * oblique plane * oblique sailing * oblique speech * oblique sphere * oblique step * oblique system of coordinates
Noun
(en noun)
(geometry) An oblique line.

The punctuation sign "/"

(grammar) The oblique case.

Verb

To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

* Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott.

(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
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slash
English

Noun
(es)
A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.

A swift striking movement.

* {{quote-news
, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. }}
The symbol , also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule. Also sometimes known as a forward slash, particularly in computing.

(British, slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate

Excuse me, I need to take a slash

Slash fiction.

* 2013 , Katherine Arcement, "Diary", London Review of Books , vol. 35, no. 5:

Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).

(vulgar, slang) The female genitalia

(ice hockey) A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs.

(US, dialect) swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes

(Bartlett)

(forestry) Coarse, fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow, etc.

Slash generated during logging operations may increase fire hazard.

(fashion) An opening in an item of clothing to show skin or a contrasting fabric underneath.

Derived terms
* backslash * foreslash * forward slash * frontslash * front slash * slashable * slashy
See also
(punctuation)
Verb
(es)
To cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.

(ice hockey) to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms

to reduce sharply

Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day.

The department store slashed its prices to attract customers.

To lash with a whip.

(King)

To crack or snap (e.g. a whip).

Derived terms
slash pile
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)

I'm a teacher slash student.

I think I'm having hallucinations slash someone is playing tricks on me

See also
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "slash") English coordinating conjunctions