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Scabbard vs Sheathe - What's the difference?

scabbard | sheathe |

As verbs the difference between scabbard and sheathe

is that scabbard is to put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard while sheathe is to put something, such as a knife, into a sheath.

As a noun scabbard

is (senseid) the sheath of a sword.

scabbard

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid) The sheath of a sword.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IX
  • I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
  • * Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.
  • References

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    sheathe

    English

    Verb

  • To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath
  • To encase something with a protective covering
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  • Antonyms

    * unsheathe

    Derived terms

    * resheathe