artillery vs cannon

artillery and cannon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
artillery	Yes	No	No	No
cannon	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cannon is a hyponym of artillery; that is, cannon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than artillery:

Other hyponyms of artillery include field artillery, field gun, four-pounder, depth charge thrower.

artillery (noun)	cannon (noun)
large but transportable armament	a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
a means of persuading or arguing	lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
an army unit that uses big guns	a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
	heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
	(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
	heavy gun fired from a tank

artillery (verb)	cannon (verb)
	fire a cannon
	make a cannon