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What is the difference between weapon and arm?

weapon | arm |

As nouns the difference between weapon and arm

is that weapon is an instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords while arm is the portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

As a verb arm is

to take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

As an adjective arm is

poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

weapon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
  • :
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
  • An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
  • :
  • *
  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons  ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 15, author=Phil Dawkes, work=BBC
    • , title= Stoke 2-0 Bolton , passage=Rory Delap's long throw-ins are a familiar weapon to the Potters' opponents but this does not make them any easier to defend against.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ADW * assault weapon * ATGW * atomic weapon * AWB * biological weapon * biological-weapon * bioweapon * chemical weapon * cold weapon * conventional weapon * crew-served weapon * cyberweapon * doomsday weapon * murder weapon * nonweapon * nuclear weapon * NWIP * NWS * radiological-weapon * radiological weapon * ranged weapon * section automatic weapon * siege weapon * space weapon * squad automatic weapon * superweapon * superweaponry * thermonuclear weapon * weapon of mass destruction * weaponed * weaponeer * weaponization * weaponize * weapons free * weapons-grade * weapons hold * weapons tight * weaponsmith * WMD

    arm

    English

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    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm , since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
  • A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
    • the arms of an octopus
  • A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
  • A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
  • A branch of an organization.
  • (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
    • the arm of the law
    the secular arm
  • * Bible, Isa. lii. 1
    • To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
  • (baseball, slang) A pitcher
    • The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
    Derived terms
    (derived terms) * armband * armchair * -armed * armful * armhole * arm in arm * armless * armlet * armlock * armpit * armrest * arm's reach * at arm's length * babe in arms * chance one's arm * cost an arm and a leg * forearm * in arm's reach * in the arms of Morpheus * the long arm of the law * lower arm * on one's arm * right arm * take in one's arms * take someone's arm * upper arm * with open arms * within arm's reach

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.
  • * Two N. Kins
    • Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.
  • To supply with arms or limbs.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
  • To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
    • Derived terms
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    Etymology 3

    (etyl), from (etyl) (m), from Latin , hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
  • (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    (derived terms) * armed * arms factory * arms race * army * bear arms * brothers in arms * coat of arms * firearm * in arms * lay down one's arms * present arms! * sidearm * shot in the arm * take up arms against * to arms! * unarmed * under arms * up in arms

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
  • To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
    • Remember to arm an alarm system.
  • To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
    • to arm''' the hit of a sword; to '''arm a hook in angling
  • (figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
  • * Bible, 1 Peter iv. 1
    • Arm yourselves with the same mind.
  • To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
    • Derived terms
    * arm to the teeth

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