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Swordplay vs Wordplay - What's the difference?

swordplay | wordplay |

As nouns the difference between swordplay and wordplay

is that swordplay is fighting with a sword while wordplay is a humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.

swordplay

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • fighting with a sword
    • His expertise at swordplay made his acting in the part of Hamlet very believable.

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    wordplay

    English

    (wikipedia wordplay)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.
  • A witty verbal exchange; such exchanges collectively.

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    Related terms

    * pun * repartee