Sword
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, cut or slash. Someone paid to handle a sword. A suit in the minor arcana in tarot. A card of this suit.
Sabre
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To hit or kill with a sabre.