Cudgel vs. Bludgeon
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Difference Between Cudgel and Bludgeon
Cudgelnoun
A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates. The threat to swing glinted in his eye.Bludgeonnoun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.Cudgelnoun
(metaphoric) Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.
Bludgeonverb
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.Cudgelverb
To strike with a cudgel.
The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters.Bludgeonverb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.ADVERTISEMENT
Cudgelverb
To exercise (one's wits or brains).
Bludgeonnoun
a club used as a weapon
Cudgelnoun
a club that is used as a weapon
Bludgeonverb
overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club;
The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulasCudgelverb
strike with a cudgel
Bludgeonverb
strike with a club or a bludgeon
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