Sword vs Award - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between sword and award

is that sword is (weaponry) a long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice while award is (legal) a judgment, sentence, or final decision specifically: the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

As a verb award is

(legal) to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

sword

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

(weaponry) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice.

* 1591 , William Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.

Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.

* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.

Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.

Someone paid to handle a sword.

(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.

(tarot) A card of this suit.

(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Derived terms

* bastardsword * broadsword * double-edged sword * fall on one’s sword * longsword * pork sword * put to the sword * samurai sword * short sword * sword bayonet * swordbill * sword cane * swordcraft * sword dance * sword fern * swordfish * sword grass * sword knot * sword lily * sword of Damocles * swordbearer, sword-bearer * swordbearing, sword-bearing * swordplay * swordsman * swordsmanship * swordstick * sword-swallower

Coordinate terms

* (weaponry) bayonet, claymore, cutlass, epee, , falchion, foil, katana, knife, machete, rapier, sabre, saber, scimitar, vorpal, yataghan, yatagan

Anagrams

* words 1000 English basic words

award

English

(wikipedia award)

Noun

(en noun)

(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

(legal) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A based on merit.

(obsolete) Care, keeping.

*, Bk.VIII, Ch.ix:

*:Than the kynge for grete favour made Tramtryste to be put in his doughtyrs awarde and kepying, because she was a noble surgeon.

A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an .

*1970 , Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems , p.242,

*:The AMIEU^{[(Australian Meat Industry Employees Union)]} first developed into a powerful organisation in the early years of the twentieth century, and after the first industry-wide collective agreement was made in 1911, collective bargaining prevailed in the industry until 1917, when the employers sought an award' from the Queensland Industrial Court. The first ' award was issued on March 12, 1918.

*2000 , Mark Wooden, The Transformation of Australian Industrial Relations , p.42,

*:A further 17 per cent responded that the agreement replaced ‘most’ aspects of the award', leaving the large majority (67 per cent) claiming that the agreeement replaced only ‘some’ aspects of the ' award .

*2007 , (Australian Bureau of Statistics), 2007 Year book, Australia , p.182,

*:Employees whose pay is set by ‘award' only’ are those who have their pay set by an '''award''', and who are not paid more than the ' award rate of pay.

Verb

(en verb)

(legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

* Dryden

To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.

To determine; to make or grant an award.

to give an (prize) for merit

He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Synonyms

* (make or grant an award) crown

Derived terms

* awardee * awarder

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