Arrow vs Spire - What's the difference?
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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)
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 153:
A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
* 1913 ,
A sharp or tapering point.
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, chapter=1 A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
* Shakespeare
(mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
Of a seed, plant etc.: to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.5:
* Mortimer
To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
(obsolete) To breathe.
One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
A spiral.
(geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
As nouns the difference between arrow and spire
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 spire is the stalk or stem of a plant.As verbs the difference between arrow and spire
is that arrow is to move swiftly and directly (like an arrow while spire is of a seed, plant etc.: to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.As a contraction arrow
is contraction of ever a|lang=en.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.
spire
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . Cognate with Dutch spier, German Spier, (Spiere), Danish spir, Norwegian spir, Swedish spira.Noun
(en noun)- Clara had pulled a button from a hollyhock spire , and was breaking it to get the seeds.
citation, passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}
- The spire of the church rose high above the town.
- the spire and top of praises
Verb
(spir)- In gentle Ladies breste and bounteous race / Of woman kind it fayrest Flowre doth spyre , / And beareth fruit of honour and all chast desyre.
- It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) spirer, and its source, (etyl) .Verb
(spir)- (Shenstone)
Etymology 3
From (etyl) spire.Noun
(en noun)- (Dryden)
