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Sickle vs Kama - What's the difference?

sickle | kama |

As nouns the difference between sickle and kama

is that sickle is an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops while kama is a sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.

As a verb sickle

is to cut with a sickle.

As an adjective sickle

is shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

As a proper noun Kama is

a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga.

sickle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops
  • Synonyms

    * reap hook * reaping hook

    See also

    * scythe

    Verb

    (sickl)
  • (agriculture) To cut with a sickle
  • To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
  • To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
  • Derived terms

    * sickler

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
  • a sickle moon

    kama

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
  • See also

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