Ammunition vs Impetus - What's the difference?
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(senseid)Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
(obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Any stock of missiles or supplies for a conflict, literal or figurative.
Something that impels, a stimulating factor.
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
An activity in response to a stimulus.
As nouns the difference between ammunition and impetus
is that ammunition is (articles used in charging firearms)Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc while impetus is something that impels, a stimulating factor.ammunition
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Noun
- ammunition''' bread; '''ammunition shoes
- Her bad behaviour is giving him ammunition''' for a divorce / '''ammunition for the next electoral debate.
Synonyms
* (articles used in charging firearms) ammoimpetus
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Noun
(es)- The outbreak of World War II in 1939 gave a new impetus to receiver development.
- In a single moment Montenegro and their supporters were given fresh impetus and encouragement. Beciraj tested Hart with a low shot before teenager Phil Jones, on his England debut, suffered an anxious moment when Stevan Jovetic went down under his challenge, leaving the youngster clearly relieved to see referee Stark wave away Montenegro's appeals.