cudgel vs wand

cudgel

noun
  • A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. 

  • Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. 

verb
  • To strike with a cudgel. 

  • To exercise (one's wits or brains). 

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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