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atlatl

Bow vs Atlatl - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bow and atlatl

is that bow is a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows or bow can be a gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist or bow can be (nautical) the front of a boat or ship while atlatl is a spear thrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target.

As a verb bow

is to play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow or bow can be to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.

Atlatl - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun atlatl

is a spear thrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target.

Atlatl vs Spears - What's the difference?

atlatl | spears |


As nouns the difference between atlatl and spears

is that atlatl is a spear thrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target while spears is plural of lang=en.

As a verb spears is

third-person singular of spear.

As a proper noun Spears is

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