Epee vs. Foil

Epeenoun

(fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.

Epeenoun

a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade

Foilnoun

A very thin sheet of metal.

Foilnoun

(uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

Foilnoun

A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

Foilnoun

In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.

Foilnoun

(figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.

Foilnoun

(fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip

Foilnoun

A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.

Foilnoun

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.

Foilnoun

A hydrofoil.

Foilnoun

An aerofoil/airfoil.

Foilnoun

Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

Foilnoun

One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.

Foilnoun

(hunting) The track of an animal.

Foilverb

To prevent (something) from being accomplished.

Foilverb

To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

Foilverb

To blunt; to dull; to spoil.

Foilverb

(obsolete) To tread underfoot; to trample.

Foilverb

(mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.

Foilverb

(obsolete) To defile; to soil.

Foilverb

To tread under foot; to trample.

Foilverb

To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

Foilverb

To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.

Foilverb

To defile; to soil.

Foilnoun

Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

Foilnoun

A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.

Foilnoun

The track or trail of an animal.

Foilnoun

A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.

Foilnoun

A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; - employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.

Foilnoun

Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.

Foilnoun

A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.

Foilnoun

The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.

Foilnoun

a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal;

Foilnoun

anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities;

Foilnoun

a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through;

Foilnoun

picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

Foilnoun

a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

Foilverb

enhance by contrast;

Foilverb

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

Foilverb

cover or back with foil;