Cudgel vs. Bludgeon

Cudgel vs. Bludgeon — Is There a Difference?
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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.
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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 formulas

Cudgelverb

strike with a cudgel

Bludgeonverb

strike with a club or a bludgeon

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