Weapon vs Arsenal - What's the difference?
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An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
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, title= An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
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, title= A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
A store or supply of anything.
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Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship
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As nouns the difference between weapon and arsenal
is that weapon is an instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords while arsenal is a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.As a proper noun Arsenal is
the Arsenal F.C. football club.weapon
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Noun
(en noun)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Stoke 2-0 Bolton, passage=Rory Delap's long throw-ins are a familiar weapon to the Potters' opponents but this does not make them any easier to defend against.}}
Synonyms
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* ADW * assault weapon * ATGW * atomic weapon * AWB * biological weapon * biological-weapon * bioweapon * chemical weapon * cold weapon * conventional weapon * crew-served weapon * cyberweapon * doomsday weapon * murder weapon * nonweapon * nuclear weapon * NWIP * NWS * radiological-weapon * radiological weapon * ranged weapon * section automatic weapon * siege weapon * space weapon * squad automatic weapon * superweapon * superweaponry * thermonuclear weapon * weapon of mass destruction * weaponed * weaponeer * weaponization * weaponize * weapons free * weapons-grade * weapons hold * weapons tight * weaponsmith * WMDarsenal
English
(wikipedia arsenal)Noun
(en noun)- He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
- Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
