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Ordnance vs Ordinant - What's the difference?

ordnance | ordinant |

As nouns the difference between ordnance and ordinant

is that ordnance is military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition while ordinant is one who ordains.

As an adjective ordinant is

ordaining; decreeing.

ordnance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
  • artillery.

    • Usage notes

    The British , now a civilian agency, retains its name from its origin as a military topographic survey of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. This word is often confused with ordinance, which is a law or legal statute.

    Related terms

    * unexploded ordnance

    ordinant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who ordains.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ordaining; decreeing.
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