Weapon vs Thermonuclear - What's the difference?

weapon | thermonuclear |

As a noun weapon

is an instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, eg most guns, missiles, or swords.

As a adjective thermonuclear is

of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.

weapon

English

Noun

(en noun)

An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.

An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.

*:“[…] 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.”

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 15, author=Phil Dawkes, work=BBC

, title= 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

* See also

Derived terms

* 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 * WMD

thermonuclear

English

(wikipedia thermonuclear)

Adjective

(-)

Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.

Of, or relating to the use of atomic weapons based on such fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission.

Quotations

* The first thermonuclear reaction was in a star; it was brought about by heat, as the description implies. .