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Arrow vs Bowshot - What's the difference?

arrow | bowshot |

As nouns the difference between arrow and bowshot

is that arrow is a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow while bowshot is (archery)the act of firing an arrow from a bow.

As a verb arrow

is to move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).

As a contraction arrow

is (obsolete).

arrow

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) earh, (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
  • *
    • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
  • A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. \to).
  • (lb) A directed edge.
  • A dart.
    • Synonyms
    * (projectile) streal * (in graph theory) arc, directed edge
    Derived terms
    * arrowsmith * arrow-finger * arrowhead * arrow of time / time's arrow * arrowroot * arrowy * straight as an arrow
    See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
  • To let fly swiftly and directly
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner. }}

    Etymology 2

    Representing pronunciation.

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (obsolete)
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 153:
    • though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.

    bowshot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archery)The act of firing an arrow from a bow

    • :2. The length that an arrow, of an average archer, can effectively travel. : {{quote-book , year=1994 , author=Henry Gilbert , title=Robin Hood , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=48 , passage=They are within a bowshot of the kirk door. , indent2=:*}}