Shave vs. Slave — What's the Difference?

To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver

One who is owned as the property of someone else, especially in involuntary servitude.

To cut (the beard, for example) at the surface of the skin with a razor or shaver.

One who is subservient to or controlled by another

To crop, trim, or mow closely

One who is subject to or controlled by a specified influence

To remove thin slices from

One who works extremely hard.

To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred

One who acts out the role of the submissive partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.

To come close to or graze in passing.

A slave ant.

(transitive) To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

A machine or component controlled by another machine or component.

(transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.

To work very hard or doggedly; toil.

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

To trade in or transport slaves.

(transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

To cause a machine or component to be controlled by another machine or component.

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

To reduce in size or weight.

(figuratively) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.

(figuratively) An abject person.

To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.

(figuratively) One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).

An instance of shaving.

(BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.

A thin slice; a shaving.

A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.

An exorbitant discount on a note.

A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).

A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.

(intransitive) To work hard.

(informal) A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.

(transitive) To place a device under the control of another.

To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.

See Slav.

To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.

A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.

To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.

One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

A drudge; one who labors like a slave.

To strip; to plunder; to fleece.

An abject person; a wretch.

To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.

To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.

A thin slice; a shaving.

To enslave.

A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.

A person who is owned by someone

An exorbitant discount on a note.

Someone who works as hard as a slave

A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.

Someone entirely dominated by some influence or person;

The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.

Work very hard, like a slave

The act of removing hair with a razor

Held in servitude;

Remove body hair with a razor

Cut closely;

Cut the price of

Cut or remove with or as if with a plane;

Make shavings of or reduce to shavings;

Touch the surface of lightly;