Axe vs. Tomahawk: What's the Difference?

Axe and Tomahawk Definitions
Axe
A tool with a bladed, usually heavy head mounted crosswise on a handle, used for felling trees or chopping wood.
Tomahawk
A light axe formerly used as a tool or weapon by certain Native American peoples.
Axe
Any of various bladed, handheld implements used as a cutting tool or weapon.
Tomahawk
A similar implement or weapon.
Axe
(Informal) A sudden termination of employment
My colleague got the axe yesterday.
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Tomahawk
To strike with or as if with a tomahawk.
Axe
(Slang) A musical instrument, especially a guitar.
Tomahawk
An ax used by Native American warriors.
Axe
To chop or fell with or as if with an axe
Axed down the saplings.
Axed out a foothold in the ice.
Tomahawk
(basketball) A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
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Axe
(Informal) To remove ruthlessly or suddenly
A social program that was axed to effectuate budget cuts.
Tomahawk
(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.
Axe
Variant of ax2.
Tomahawk
(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.
Axe
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.
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Tomahawk
To strike or cut up with a tomahawk.
Axe
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
Tomahawk
(historical) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
Axe
(informal) A dismissal or rejection.
His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.
Tomahawk
(basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.
Axe
(figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
Tomahawk
A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
Axe
A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
Tomahawk
To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Axe
(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.
Tomahawk
Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American indians
Axe
(archaic) The axle of a wheel.
Tomahawk
Cut with a tomahawk
Axe
(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
Tomahawk
Kill with a tomahawk
Axe
To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
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.
Axe
To furnish with an axle.
Axe
Alternative form of ask
Axe
See Ax, Axman.
Axe
An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Axe
Chop or split with an ax;
Axe wood
Axe
Terminate;
The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it