Weapon vs Stiletto - What's the difference?
weapon | stiletto |
An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 15, author=Phil Dawkes, work=BBC
, title= A short sharp knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
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, title=
, chapter=1 A rapier.
An awl.
A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (stiletto heel).
A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
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Sharp and narrow like a stiletto.
To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).
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As nouns the difference between weapon and stiletto
is that weapon is an instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, eg most guns, missiles, or swords while stiletto is a short sharp knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.As an adjective stiletto is
sharp and narrow like a stiletto.As a verb stiletto is
to attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).weapon
English
Noun
(en noun)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
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Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ADW * assault weapon * ATGW * atomic weapon * AWB * biological weapon * biological-weapon * bioweapon * chemical weapon * cold weapon * conventional weapon * crew-served weapon * cyberweapon * doomsday weapon * murder weapon * nonweapon * nuclear weapon * NWIP * NWS * radiological-weapon * radiological weapon * ranged weapon * section automatic weapon * siege weapon * space weapon * squad automatic weapon * superweapon * superweaponry * thermonuclear weapon * weapon of mass destruction * weaponed * weaponeer * weaponization * weaponize * weapons free * weapons-grade * weapons hold * weapons tight * weaponsmith * WMDstiletto
English
(wikipedia stiletto)Noun
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- The very quack of fashions, the very he that / Wears a stiletto on his chin.