dagger vs kris

dagger and kris both are nouns.

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

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

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

dagger (noun)	kris (noun)
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing	a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
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