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Broadside vs Volley - What's the difference?

broadside | volley |

In lang=en terms the difference between broadside and volley

is that broadside is to collide with something sideways on while volley is to be fired in a volley.

As nouns the difference between broadside and volley

is that broadside is (nautical) one side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing while volley is the simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.

As verbs the difference between broadside and volley

is that broadside is to collide with something sideways on while volley is to fire a volley of shots.

As an adverb broadside

is sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.

broadside

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.
  • (by extension) A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
  • * 1993 , (Peter Kolchin), American Slavery (Penguin History, paperback edition, 34)
    • Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the social order.
  • * 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
    • Fernández's diplomatic broadside follows the British government's decision last month to name a large frozen chunk of Antarctica after the Queen – a gesture viewed in Buenos Aires as provocative.
  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.

    • Verb

  • To collide with something sideways on

    • References

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    volley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired
  • * Milton
    • Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew.
  • * Byron
    • Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=30 citation , passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}
  • A burst or emission of many things at once.
    • a volley of words
    (Ben Jonson)
    (Alexander Pope)
  • (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces
  • (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=John Sinnott , title=Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley .}}
  • (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fire a volley of shots
  • (sports) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=May 14 , author=Peter Scrivener , title=Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club. }}
  • To be fired in a volley
  • (sports) To make a volley

    • Derived terms

    * half volley * scorpion volley * volleyball

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