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Thwack vs Pommel - What's the difference?

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Thwack is a related term of pommel.


As nouns the difference between thwack and pommel

is that thwack is the act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement while pommel is the upper front brow of a saddle.

As verbs the difference between thwack and pommel

is that thwack is to whack or hit with a flat implement while pommel is to pound or beat.

thwack

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
  • A heavy slapping sound.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To whack or hit with a flat implement.
  • * Washington Irving
    • a distant thwacking sound
  • To beat.
  • To fill to overflow.
    • (Stanyhurst)

    pommel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pummel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The upper front brow of a saddle.
  • Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
  • The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword.
    • (Macaulay)
  • A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

    • Derived terms

    * pommel horse

    Holonyms

    * haft, hilt

    See also

    *

    Verb

  • To pound or beat.
  • * 1851 ,
    • I will not say as schoolboys do to bullies—Take some one of your own size; don’t pommel me! No, ye’ve knocked me down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden.