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Armed vs Weaponized - What's the difference?

armed | weaponized |

As adjectives the difference between armed and weaponized

is that armed is (sometimes|in combination) equipped, especially with a weapon or armed can be (chiefly|in combination) having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type while weaponized is made into, or to serve as, a weapon.

As verbs the difference between armed and weaponized

is that armed is (arm) while weaponized is (weaponize).

armed

English

Etymology 1

See the verb .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (sometimes, in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
    • nuclear-armed
  • (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
  • (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
  • * De Foe
    • a distemper eminently armed from heaven
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (arm)

    • Etymology 2

    .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
  • Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

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    weaponized

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) weaponised

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
    • Weaponized anthrax is a biological terror weapon where anthrax found in the wild is unlikely to cause a plague.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (weaponize)