Sceptre vs Wand - What's the difference?
sceptre | wand |
To give a sceptre to.
* Tickell
A stick or staff.
(by extension) An instrument shaped like a stick or staff such as a curling wand .
a magic wand.
A branch or stalk, especially of willow.
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
As nouns the difference between sceptre and wand
is that sceptre is an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power while wand is a stick or staff.As verbs the difference between sceptre and wand
is that sceptre is to give a sceptre to while wand is to scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.As a proper noun Sceptre
is a village in Saskatchewan, Canada.sceptre
English
(wikipedia sceptre)Alternative forms
* scepter (US)Derived terms
*Usage notes
This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the tendency to adopt British spellings when referring to archaic terms or items.Verb
(sceptr)- To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.
