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Sickle vs Nickle - What's the difference?

sickle | nickle |

As nouns the difference between sickle and nickle

is that sickle is (agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops while nickle is .

As a verb sickle

is (agriculture|transitive) to cut with a sickle.

As an adjective sickle

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

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

    Related terms

    * sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia * hammer and sickle

    nickle

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)