different between handstick vs diabolo

English

Etymology

hand +? stick.

Noun

handstick (plural handsticks)

1. A stick held in the hand and used in juggling disciplines such as devil sticks, flower sticks, diabolo, etc.
2. A small and light stick-like hand-held vacuum cleaner.

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???????? (diabáll?, “throw across”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??æb?l??/

Noun

diabolo (plural diabolos)

1. A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string attached to handsticks.

Synonyms

• Chinese yo-yo

Derived terms

• polyabolo

Translations

Anagrams

• bioload

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.bo.lo/

Noun

diabolo m (plural diabolos)

1. (juggling) diabolo
2. a sort of sugary non-alcoholic drink

Further reading

• “diabolo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diábolos)

Noun

diabolo

1. (religion, mythology) devil

Latin

Noun

diabol?

1. dative singular of diabolus
2. ablative singular of diabolus

Romanian

Etymology

From French diabolo.

Noun

diabolo n (uncountable)

1. diabolo

Declension