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Projectile vs Ejector - What's the difference?

projectile | ejector |

As nouns the difference between projectile and ejector

is that projectile is an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon while ejector is one who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

As an adjective projectile

is projecting or impelling forward.

projectile

English

Noun

(wikipedia projectile) (en noun)
  • an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
  • (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.

    • See also

    * missile * rocket

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Projecting or impelling forward.
    • a projectile''' force; a '''projectile weapon
  • Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
    • projectile motion
    (Arbuthnot)

    ejector

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
  • (mechanics) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. {Ejector condenser} (Steam]] [[engine, Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.
  • ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.
  • That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
  • A lever for removing circuit boards from an electronic chassis.