What is the difference between bearing and arm?

In context|in the plural|lang=en terms the difference between bearing and arm

is that bearing is (in the plural) direction or relative position while arm is (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia.

As adjectives the difference between bearing and arm

is that bearing is of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load while arm is poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

As nouns the difference between bearing and arm

is that bearing is a mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction while arm is the portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand or arm can be (usually used in the plural) a weapon.

As verbs the difference between bearing and arm

is that bearing is (bear) while arm is to supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

bearing

English

Adjective

(-)

Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

That's a bearing wall.

Derived terms

* -bearing

Noun

(en noun)

A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.

(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

That has no bearing on this issue.

* Alexander Pope

But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.

One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing .

* Shakespeare

I know him by his bearing .

(in the plural) Direction or relative position.

(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.

(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.

The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.

* Thackeray

A carriage covered with armorial bearings .

Derived terms

(terms derived from bearing) * ball bearing * find one’s bearings * get one’s bearings * inline bearing * inline hockey bearing * inline skate bearing, in-line skate bearing * magnetic bearing * lose one’s bearings * quad roller skate bearing * roller bearing * rollerblade bearing * skate bearing * skateboard bearing * true bearing

Verb

(head)

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arm

English

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Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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(anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

the arms of an octopus

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

A branch of an organization.

(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.

the arm of the law

the secular arm

* Bible, Isa. lii. 1

To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

(baseball, slang) A pitcher

The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

Derived terms

(derived terms) * armband * armchair * -armed * armful * armhole * arm in arm * armless * armlet * armlock * armpit * armrest * arm's reach * at arm's length * babe in arms * chance one's arm * cost an arm and a leg * forearm * in arm's reach * in the arms of Morpheus * the long arm of the law * lower arm * on one's arm * right arm * take in one's arms * take someone's arm * upper arm * with open arms * within arm's reach

Verb

(en verb)

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

* Shakespeare

And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.

* Two N. Kins

Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.

To supply with arms or limbs.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)

Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

(etyl), from (etyl) (m), from Latin , hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

Noun

(en noun)

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

(in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

(derived terms) * armed * arms factory * arms race * army * bear arms * brothers in arms * coat of arms * firearm * in arms * lay down one's arms * present arms! * sidearm * shot in the arm * take up arms against * to arms! * unarmed * under arms * up in arms

Verb

(en verb)

To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

Remember to arm an alarm system.

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

to arm''' the hit of a sword; to '''arm a hook in angling

(figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

* Bible, 1 Peter iv. 1

Arm yourselves with the same mind.

To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Derived terms

* arm to the teeth

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