projectile vs cannonball

cannonball vs projectile

projectile and cannonball both are nouns.

projectile is an adjective but cannonball is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
projectile	Yes	Yes	No	No
cannonball	Yes	No	No	No

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

projectile: a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
cannonball: a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

Other hyponyms of projectile include arrow, boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick, bullet, slug, cannon ball, round shot, dart, seeker, pellet, shot, spitball.

projectile (noun)	cannonball (noun)
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled	a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

projectile (adjective)	cannonball (adjective)
impelling or impelled forward

Difference between projectile and cannonball

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