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Speargun vs Crossbow - What's the difference?

speargun | crossbow |

As nouns the difference between speargun and crossbow

is that speargun is a tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use while crossbow is a mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, which fires bolts.

speargun

English

(wikipedia speargun)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 29, author=Brendan I. Koerner, title=A Trimmer Gun to Spear Smaller Fry, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The five Euro Series spearguns , whose stocks range in length from 102 to 145 centimeters (about 40 to 57 inches), went on sale in January 2006, priced from $380 to $474. }}

    crossbow

    English

    Alternative forms

    * xbow (informal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, which fires bolts.

    • Derived terms

    * crossbowman

    Related terms

    * bolt * quarrel

    See also

    * arbalest *