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Artillery vs Ordnance - What's the difference?

artillery | ordnance |

As nouns the difference between artillery and ordnance

is that artillery is large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person while ordnance is military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.

artillery

English

Noun

(artilleries)
  • Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.
  • * Bible, 1 Sam. xx. 40
    • And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.
  • An army unit that uses such weapons.
  • Gunnery.
    • (Campbell)

    ordnance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
  • artillery.

    • Usage notes

    The British , now a civilian agency, retains its name from its origin as a military topographic survey of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. This word is often confused with ordinance, which is a law or legal statute.

    Related terms

    * unexploded ordnance