Catamaran vs Catapult - What's the difference?
catamaran | catapult |
A raft consisting of two or more logs tied together.
A raft used on the St Lawrence River by lashing two ships together.
A small rectangular raft used in dockyards to protect the hulls of large ships.
A twin-hulled ship or boat
(colloquial) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
(UK) slingshot
An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
(figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=13 March
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham
, work=BBC
To fire a missile from a catapult.
To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
To increase the status of something rapidly.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 12
, author=
, title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain
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To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
To have one's status increased rapidly.
As nouns the difference between catamaran and catapult
is that catamaran is while catapult is .As a verb catapult is
.catamaran
English
(wikipedia catamaran)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cat (diminutive)Coordinate terms
* monohull * multihull * outrigger canoe * twinhullcatapult
English
(wikipedia catapult)Noun
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Verb
- The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.
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- She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate.