Axe vs. Tomahawk

Difference Between Axe and Tomahawk

Axenoun

A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.

Tomahawknoun

An ax/axe used by American Indian (First Nations) warriors.

Axenoun

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

Tomahawknoun

(basketball) A dunk in which the person dunking the ball does so with his arm behind his head.

Axenoun

(informal) A dismissal or rejection.

His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.

Tomahawknoun

(geometry) A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.

Axenoun

A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.

Tomahawknoun

(field hockey) A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.

Axenoun

(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.

Tomahawkverb

To strike with a tomahawk.

Axenoun

(archaic) The axle of a wheel.

Tomahawknoun

weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American indians

Axeverb

(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.

Tomahawkverb

cut with a tomahawk

Axeverb

(transitive) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner.

The government announced its plans to axe public spending.The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it.He got axed in the last round of firings.