Axe
Axe noun - An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
Mace
Mace noun - A ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority.
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Synonyms for Mace
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| best | best axe | best mace |
| humble | humble axe | humble mace |
| similar | similar axe | similar mace |
| ordinary | ordinary axe | ordinary mace |
| Other adjectives: regular, original, single, simple, medieval, heavy, small, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, great, enormous, huge, new, unique, cursed, gigantic, flying, giant, magical, handed, thrown. | ||
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In the Tales of Dunk and Egg, Gentle Giant Dunk carries a sword, but believes that he's virtually peerless with an axe or mace.
Source: An Axe to Grind -
When you're using a mace or an axe, it looks like you hit them in the head with so much blunt force, that you've snapped their neck.
- When he has to fight hand-to-hand Thomas favours a falchion (still a sword, but more akin to a cleaver) or a pole-axe, while pretty much every man-at-arms on both sides will bring a mace or an axe to the field in order to defeat their enemies' armour.
Source: Literature / The Grail Quest
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