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Mortar vs Artillery - What's the difference?

mortar | artillery |

As nouns the difference between mortar and artillery

is that mortar is a mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding bricks and stones while artillery is large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.

As a verb mortar

is to use mortar or plaster to join two things together.

mortar

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding bricks and stones.
  • (countable, military) A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.
  • (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

    • Derived terms

    * mortarboard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
  • To fire a mortar (weapon)

    • Related terms

    * bricks and mortar

    See also

    * gun * howitzer ----

    artillery

    English

    Noun

    (artilleries)
  • Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.
  • * Bible, 1 Sam. xx. 40
    • And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.
  • An army unit that uses such weapons.
  • Gunnery.
    • (Campbell)