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Scythe vs Reaping - What's the difference?

scythe | reaping |

As nouns the difference between scythe and reaping

is that scythe is scythian while reaping is the act by which something is reaped.

As a verb reaping is

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scythe

English

(wikipedia scythe)

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic) * (l) (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with the concave edge sharped, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
  • A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

    • Verb

    (scyth)
  • To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

    • Anagrams

    *

    reaping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is reaped.
    • sowings and reapings