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Projectile vs Windage - What's the difference?

projectile | windage |

As nouns the difference between projectile and windage

is that projectile is an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon while windage is drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.

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)

    windage

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (automotive) Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
  • (ballistics) The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot
  • (ballistics) Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm
  • (medicine, dated) A contusion caused by a projectile that does not enter the skin, due to either compressed air or a glancing blow
  • (chiefly, nautical) Exposure to the wind
  • See also

    *(wikipedia "windage")