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Swipe vs Slash - What's the difference?

swipe | slash |

In transitive terms the difference between swipe and slash

is that swipe is to scan or register by sliding something through a reader while slash is to reduce sharply.

As a conjunction slash is

Used to connect two or more identities in a list.

swipe

English

Verb

(swip)
  • To steal or snatch.
    • Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
  • * 1968 , , 00:48:18:
    • "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."
  • To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
    • He swiped his card at the door.
  • To grab or bat quickly.
    • The cat swiped at the shoelace.

    Noun

  • (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep.
  • (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
  • (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
    • Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.
  • (uncountable) Poor, weak beer; small beer.

    • Anagrams

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    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

    *

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "slash") English coordinating conjunctions