Mace vs. Maul

Difference Between Mace and Maul

Macenoun

A heavy fighting club.

Maulnoun

A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.

Macenoun

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

Maulnoun

(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.

Macenoun

A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.

Maulverb

To handle someone or something in a rough way.

Macenoun

An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.

Maulverb

To savage; to cause serious physical wounds usually used of an animal.

The bear mauled him in a terrible way.

Macenoun

A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Maulverb

(figuratively) To criticise harshly.

Macenoun

(archaic) A billiard cue.

Maulnoun

a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

Macenoun

An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.

Maulverb

split (wood) with a maul and wedges

Macenoun

An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Maulverb

injure badly by beating

Macenoun

A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Macenoun

Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.

Maceverb

To hit someone or something with a mace.

Maceverb

To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.

Maceverb

(informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.

Macenoun

(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization