dagger vs kirpan

dagger and kirpan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dagger	Yes	No	No	No
kirpan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kirpan is a hyponym of dagger; that is, kirpan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dagger:

dagger: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
kirpan: a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times

Other hyponyms of dagger include dirk, crease, creese, kris, bodkin, poniard, stiletto.

dagger (noun)	kirpan (noun)
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing	a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times
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