baton vs wand

baton

noun
  • The stick of a conductor in musical performances. 

  • A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK). 

  • An object transferred by runners in a relay race. 

  • A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes. 

  • A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence. 

  • A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children, 

verb
  • To strike with a baton. 

wand

noun
  • An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. 

  • A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. 

  • A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow. 

  • A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands. 

  • A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod). 

verb
  • To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector. 

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