projectile vs spitball

spitball vs projectile

projectile and spitball both are nouns.

projectile is an adjective but spitball is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, spitball is a hyponym of projectile; that is, spitball 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
spitball: a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere

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

projectile (noun)	spitball (noun)
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled	an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine	a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere

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

Difference between projectile and spitball

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