In the latest update (Minecraft 1.12), the stone axe has 9 attack damage, which the same as the diamond axe more than the diamond sword (at 9 and 7 respectively). Therefore making the diamond axe useless as a weapon. This does not make any sense as the stone sword has less attack damage than the diamond sword and the stone and diamond axes should be similar.
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I didn’t say anything about attack speed, but if the diamond axe has the same attack DAMAGE as the stone and iron axes, why don’t the diamond, iron, and stone swords have the same attack damage.
They deal equal damage but are faster the higher the rank, that's the way they improve, swords improve on damage, axes on speed.
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The diamond axe has a faster attack speed than the stone axe, and swords have a faster attack speed than any axe.