different between sceptre vs wand

English

Alternative forms

• scepter (US)

Etymology

From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin sc?ptrum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from ?????? (sk?pt?, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?pt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?pt?/

Noun

sceptre (plural sceptres)

1. (Britain) An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

Derived terms

• was-sceptre

Translations

Verb

sceptre (third-person singular simple present sceptres, present participle sceptring, simple past and past participle sceptred)

1. To give a sceptre to.
   • 1713, Thomas Tickell, On the Prospect of Peace

     To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.

2. To invest with royal power.

Anagrams

• recepts, respect, scepter, specter, spectre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sc?ptrum, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (skêptron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?pt?/

Noun

sceptre m (plural sceptres)

1. sceptre

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse v?ndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (wandus, “rod”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: w?nd, IPA^(key): /w?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /w?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

wand (plural wands)

1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
2. (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
3. A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 13:

     Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.

4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.

Derived terms

• magic wand
• violet wand
• water wand

Translations

Verb

wand (third-person singular simple present wands, present participle wanding, simple past and past participle wanded)

1. (transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

References

Anagrams

• Dawn, Dwan, dawn

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“wickerwork; barrier, fence”). Cognate with German Wand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt/
• Hyphenation: wand
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: want

Noun

wand m (plural wanden, diminutive wandje n)

1. wall
2. face (as in mountain face)

Derived terms

• binnenwand
• buitenwand
• rotswand
• tussenwand
• wandcontactdoos
• wandtapijt

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wand

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

wand

1. first/third-person singular preterite of winden

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?nd/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“mole”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”).

Noun

wand f

1. mole (animal)

Declension

Derived terms

• wandeweorpe

Etymology 2

From windan.

Verb

wand

1. first/third-person singular preterite of windan