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Sabre vs Rapier - What's the difference?

sabre | rapier |

Rapier is a coordinate term of sabre.



As nouns the difference between sabre and rapier

is that sabre is a light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point while rapier is a slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless).

As a verb sabre

is to hit or kill with a sabre.

As an adjective rapier is

extremely sharp.

sabre

English

(wikipedia sabre)

Alternative forms

* (chiefly US) saber

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

    • Usage notes

    This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).

    Verb

    (sabr)
  • (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "sabre")

    See also

    * sabrer * sabreur

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    rapier

    English

    (wikipedia rapier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless).
  • * , act IV scene 1
    • […] In his lawless fit,
    Behind the arras hearing something stir,
    Whips out his rapier , cries ‘A rat, a rat!’
    And in this brainish apprehension kills
    The unseen good old man.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely sharp.
  • Cutting smarts or keen wit.
    • John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.

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