machete vs weapon

machete

noun
  • A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick. 

  • A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs. 

verb
  • To cut or chop with a machete. 

  • To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete. 

weapon

noun
  • An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords; arm. 

  • An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person. 

  • An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. 

  • A tool of any kind. 

  • A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe. 

verb
  • To equip with a weapon; to arm. 

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