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Firearm vs Armament - What's the difference?

firearm | armament |

As nouns the difference between firearm and armament

is that firearm is a personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a metal (usually lead) projectile while armament is a body of forces equipped for war.

firearm

English

(wikipedia firearm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a metal (usually lead) projectile.

    • Hyponyms

    * See .

    armament

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A body of forces equipped for war.
  • (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
  • Any equipment for resistance.
  • The process of building up military capacity.