What's the difference between projectile and shot?

Projectile


Definition:

  • (a.) Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.
  • (a.) Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion.
  • (n.) A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
  • (n.) A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Motor axons possessed elongate, irregularly shaped boutons en passant and morphologically variable boutons terminaux; the latter included huge endings with knobbed projectiles arising from thick collaterals, or smaller, round boutons from thin collaterals.
  • (2) The drug was administered from a distance by means of a projectile syringe shot from a special rifle.
  • (3) The bomb – known as an explosively formed projectile – is similar to devices used by Islamic insurgents to kill British and US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
  • (4) 223 of the Austrian army serves to demonstrate and discuss the wound ballistic effects in relation to the altered behaviour of the projectile.
  • (5) A 5-year-old boy presented with a 7-month history of headache and projectile vomiting.
  • (6) As rioters continued to torch vehicles and stone police lines several officers were injured by projectiles.
  • (7) Young people kept throwing rocks at police; the police fired projectiles.
  • (8) As friends start preparing for baby number two, I remember the sleepless nights, the toxic nappies and the projectile vomiting phase, and I'm fairly sure we've made the right decision.
  • (9) Asked to clarify Belmar’s remarks, Officer Brian Schellman, a spokesman for the county force, said in an email: “The Chief said we did not use rubber bullets, which are large rubber projectiles shot from the barrel of a firearm, which we did not use.
  • (10) (1) In sections showing no atherosclerotic changes, projectiles from hand weapons and from .22 calibre rimfire rifles leave remarkably small holes (comparable to the orifices of the intercostal arteries); in areas with sclerotic plaques the bullet holes are considerably larger.
  • (11) This initial study suggests that low- and high-velocity projectiles produce different types of tissue debris, with much more fragmentation and scarcity of cellular components in the high-velocity rounds.
  • (12) For fixed-diameter projectiles, very slow and high velocities produced minimal abrasion width.
  • (13) This calculation assumes that the nuclear interactions of the incident particles lead to a secondary particle with the velocity of the incident projectile at the interaction point moving in the direction of the incident projectile.
  • (14) An ambulance arrived at SMC hospital with penetrating damage from what seemed to be a large projectile.
  • (15) The solvent characteristics of synovial fluid and associated local arthritis are apparently important factors in the dissolution and absorption of lead from projectiles located in joints.
  • (16) Shami said rebels still had "secret lines" that allowed in food and weapons, and that they were making some projectiles in rudimentary workshops within the neighbourhood.
  • (17) The effects of the two projectiles at 7.7'' twist were found similar in soap; the SS 109 produced more tissue damage than the M 193 missile.
  • (18) The authors reconstruct this evolutionary process as a series of "bifurcation points" of either constraints or opportunities forming a sequence of preconditions for the formation of a high-speed projectile tongue characteristic of tropical salamanders.
  • (19) This article was amended on 21 November 2016 to clarify that Sophia Wilansky’s father told the Guardian that she was injured by a projectile, which North Dakota law enforcement denies.
  • (20) The women were killed by automatic rifle fire and grenades, and the bodies of the two men were blown up by a hand rocket-launcher projectiles.

Shot


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Shoot
  • () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
  • (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
  • (v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
  • (pl. ) of Shot
  • (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
  • (n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
  • (n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
  • (n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
  • (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
  • (v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
  • (2) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
  • (3) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (4) A further 23 Syrian Kurds , among them women and children, were shot dead in the nearby village of Barkh Butan, the group said.
  • (5) Osman had gone close before that, flashing a shot over from seven yards after a corner.
  • (6) "They couldn't understand until I said 'No, because I'm a big shot now, because I am in Wild Wild West and I have, like, 10 covers coming out, and I want a bigger part.'
  • (7) Slager, 33, was a patrolman first class for the North Charleston police department when he fatally shot Scott, 50, following a struggle that led from a traffic stop when the officer noticed that one of Scott’s car tail lights was broken.
  • (8) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
  • (9) The grand patriarch, battling dissent and delusion, coming in for another shot, a new king on the throne, an impossible future to face down.
  • (10) In 2009, a US army major shot 13 dead in Fort Hood, Texas .
  • (11) Gibbs was sent off in the first half at Stamford Bridge for handball, despite replays clearly showing it was his team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who illegally deflected an Eden Hazard shot.
  • (12) At least Depay departed having had a shot on target, something his manager will probably offer as proof United are improving.
  • (13) I have the BBC app on my phone and it updates me, and I saw the wire ‘Malaysian flight goes missing over Ukraine.’ I’m like, well it’s probably the Russians who shot it down.
  • (14) When you’ve got a man with a longer jab, you can’t throw single shots.
  • (15) Two officers who witnessed the shooting of unarmed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati will not face criminal charges, despite seemingly corroborating a false claim that DuBose’s vehicle dragged officer Ray Tensing before he was fatally shot.
  • (16) Michael Brown’s parents, appearing on the Today show on Tuesday, said they believe the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, would be alleviated by the prosecution of the officer who shot and killed their son.
  • (17) Learn from the masters The best way to recognise a good shot is to look at lots of other photographs.
  • (18) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
  • (19) Lion cubs fathered by Cecil, the celebrated lion shot dead in Zimbabwe , may already have been killed by a rival male lion and even if they were still alive there was nothing conservationists could do to protect them, a conservation charity has warned.
  • (20) The film was shot in Monastir, Tunisia, for $4m, with financing from George Harrison's HandMade Films company, and each of the Pythons plays at least three roles.