Difference between Shiv and Shank

What is the difference between Shiv and Shank?

Shiv as a noun is a knife. usually associated with a makeshift instrument fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). while Shank as a noun is the lower part of the leg; shin.

Shiv

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A knife. Usually associated with a makeshift instrument fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stab someone with a shiv. By extension, to stab someone with anything not intended as a stabbing weapon.

Shank

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Bad.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The lower part of the leg; shin.Meat from that part of an animal.A straight, narrow part of an object; shaft; stem.The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece of the bit, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. See thin,fat,toe.An improvised stabbing weapon.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Travel on foot.stabHit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.

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