Slash vs Stab - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between slash and stab

is that slash is to reduce sharply while stab is to thrust in a stabbing motion.

As nouns the difference between slash and stab

is that slash is a swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc while stab is an act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

As verbs the difference between slash and stab

is that slash is to cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc while stab is to pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

As a conjunction slash

is Used to connect two or more identities in a list.

slash
English

Noun
(es)
A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.

A swift striking movement.

* {{quote-news
, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. }}
The symbol , also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule. Also sometimes known as a forward slash, particularly in computing.

(British, slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate

Excuse me, I need to take a slash

Slash fiction.

* 2013 , Katherine Arcement, "Diary", London Review of Books , vol. 35, no. 5:

Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).

(vulgar, slang) The female genitalia

(ice hockey) A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs.

(US, dialect) swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes

(Bartlett)

(forestry) Coarse, fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow, etc.

Slash generated during logging operations may increase fire hazard.

(fashion) An opening in an item of clothing to show skin or a contrasting fabric underneath.

Derived terms
* backslash * foreslash * forward slash * frontslash * front slash * slashable * slashy
See also
(punctuation)
Verb
(es)
To cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.

(ice hockey) to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms

to reduce sharply

Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day.

The department store slashed its prices to attract customers.

To lash with a whip.

(King)

To crack or snap (e.g. a whip).

Derived terms
slash pile
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)

I'm a teacher slash student.

I think I'm having hallucinations slash someone is playing tricks on me

See also
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "slash") English coordinating conjunctions
stab
English
(wikipedia stab)
Noun
(en noun)
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

A wound made by stabbing.

Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

(informal) An attempt.

I'll give this thankless task a stab .

Criticism.

(music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.

a horn stab

Derived terms
* have a stab at, take a stab at * stabbing * stabby * stab vest * stab in the dark * stab in the back
Verb
(stabb)
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}

To thrust in a stabbing motion.

To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger .

* (John Dryden)

None shall dare / With shortened sword to stab in closer war.

To cause a sharp, painful sensation .

(figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

Derived terms
* stabber
Anagrams
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