Arrow vs Pointer - What's the difference?
arrow | pointer |
A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
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A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. ).
(lb) A directed edge.
A dart.
To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
To let fly swiftly and directly
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(obsolete)
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Anything that points or is used for pointing.
A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
A breed of hunting dog.
(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
(computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
(in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
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As nouns the difference between arrow and pointer
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 pointer is anything that points or is used for pointing.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)- 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.
Synonyms
* (projectile) streal * (in graph theory) arc, directed edgeDerived terms
* arrowsmith * arrow-finger * arrowhead * arrow of time / time's arrow * arrowroot * arrowy * straight as an arrowSee also
Verb
(en verb)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)- 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.
pointer
English
Noun
(en noun)- The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
- a ten-pointer
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