quarterstaff

As nouns the difference between javelin and quarterstaff

is that javelin is a light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon while quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 25 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural england during the early modern period.

As a verb javelin

is to pierce with a javelin.

As nouns the difference between cosh and quarterstaff

is that cosh is a weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack while quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.

As a verb cosh

is to strike with a weapon of this kind.

As a symbol cosh

is the symbol of the hyperbolic function hyperbolic cosine.

As nouns the difference between quarterstaff and baton

is that quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period while baton is a staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal.

As a verb baton is

to strike with a baton.

Bludgeon is a related term of quarterstaff.

As nouns the difference between bludgeon and quarterstaff

is that bludgeon is a short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end while quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 25 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural england during the early modern period.

As a verb bludgeon

is to strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.

Truncheon is a related term of quarterstaff.

As nouns the difference between truncheon and quarterstaff

is that truncheon is (label) a fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance while quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 25 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural england during the early modern period.

As a verb truncheon

is to strike with a truncheon.

As nouns the difference between club and quarterstaff

is that club is a heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything^Wp while quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.

As a verb club

is to hit with a club.

As a noun quarterstaff

is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 25 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural england during the early modern period.

As a proper noun spear is

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As nouns the difference between waddy and quarterstaff

is that waddy is a cowboy while quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.

As nouns the difference between cudgel and quarterstaff

is that cudgel is a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon while quarterstaff is a wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.

As a verb cudgel

is to strike with a cudgel.