Chris vs. Kris

Chris

Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common.

Krisnoun

An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade.

Krisnoun

A Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade.

Krisverb

(transitive) To stab with a kris.

Krisnoun

A Malay dagger. See Creese.

Krisnoun

a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

Kris

The kris or keris in the Indonesian and Malay languages, is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (pamor). Of Javanese origin, the kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight blades as well, and is one of the weapons commonly used in the pencak silat martial art native to Indonesia.