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Pistol vs Bullet - What's the difference?

pistol | bullet |

As nouns the difference between pistol and bullet

is that pistol is a handgun, (typically) with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine while bullet is a projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.

As verbs the difference between pistol and bullet

is that pistol is to shoot (at) a target with a pistol while bullet is (informal) to draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.

pistol

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A handgun, (typically) with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine.
  • The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
  • A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.
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  • * February 2012 , Thomas Pugsley, Denial (episode) in :
  • KENT NELSON —Until my wife Inza convinced me there was more to life. Ah, she was a real pistol , that Inza.
  • * 2012 , Jimmy Correa, How My Prank Stories in ‘You Tube’ Made Me an Overnight Sensation , iUniverse, page 102:
  • She features so many dance tunes and is a pistol with her sharp an witty remarks.
  • (Southern US) A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.
  • (American football) A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the center when the ball is snapped, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back a few feet behind him.
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  • Usage notes

    Shooters normally differentiate between a pistol and a revolver, which is named after its rotating chamber; however, in common usage, the word (term) is also imprecisely used to refer to any type of handgun.

    Derived terms

    * machine pistol * muff pistol * pistol carbine * pistoleer * pistol grip * pistol pipe * pistol-whip * starting pistol * Very pistol

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.
  • See also

    * derringer * pistole * gat * rod

    Anagrams

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    bullet

    English

    (wikipedia bullet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
  • Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
  • (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (), often used for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted)
  • (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
  • (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
  • A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
  • John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.
  • (slang) One year of prison time
  • (slang) An ace (the playing card).
  • (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=January 19 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.}}
  • (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).
  • bullet train
    bullet chess
  • (obsolete) A small ball.
  • * 1881 , :
  • Would you not suppose these persons had been whispered, by the Master of the Ceremonies, the promise of some momentous destiny? and that this lukewarm bullet on which they play their farces was the bull's-eye and centrepoint of all the universe?
  • (obsolete) A cannonball.
  • * Stow
  • A ship before Greenwich shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
  • (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
  • Derived terms

    * blank bullet * bulletin * bite the bullet * bullet hole * bullet list * bullet point * bullet time * bullet with someone's name on it * dodge a bullet * rubber bullet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
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  • (informal) To speed, like a bullet.
  • Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
  • (informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
  • He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----