Arms vs Ares - What's the difference?
arms | ares |
(pluralonly) Weapons.
* 1883 ,
(heraldry) Synonym for coat of arms.
English plurals
(arm)
(Greek god) The god of war, son of Zeus and Hera, brother Hephaestus, sister Eris, who is his companion. Attended by his sons, (to Aphrodite), Deimos and Phobos, and old war-goddess Enyo.
As nouns the difference between arms and ares
is that arms is plural of lang=en while ares is plural of lang=en A unit of area of 100 square meters.As a verb arms
is third-person singular of arm.As a proper noun Ares is
the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera, brother Hephaestus, sister Eris, who is his companion. Attended by his sons, (to Aphrodite), Deimos and Phobos, and old war-goddess Enyo.arms
English
Etymology 1
See arm.Noun
(head)- We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.
Etymology 2
13th Century, from (etyl) armes, (etyl) arma .Noun
(en-plural noun)- The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms .
- The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
Usage notes
* Capitalized, the word is often used in the names of pubs, taverns and the like.Verb
(head)- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!