projectile vs missile

missile vs projectile

projectile and missile both are nouns.

projectile is an adjective but missile is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, projectile and missile are synonyms defined as:

projectile and missile: a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

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

projectile: any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
missile: a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

Other hyponyms of projectile include multistage rocket, step rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle, test rocket.

projectile (noun)	missile (noun)
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled	a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine	a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

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

Difference between projectile and missile

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