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shot vs cannon

cannon vs shot

shot and cannon both are nouns.

shot is an adjective but cannon is not an adjective.

shot is not a verb while cannon is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shot Yes Yes No No
cannon Yes No Yes No
As nouns, cannon is a hyponym of shot; that is, cannon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shot:
  • shot: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
  • cannon: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Other hyponyms of shot include break, carom, masse, masse shot, miscue, cut, undercut, swipe, tennis shot, tennis stroke, baseball swing, cut, swing, golf shot, golf stroke, swing.
shot (noun) cannon (noun)
the act of firing a projectile a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
informal words for any attempt or effort a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
an attempt to score in a game heavy gun fired from a tank
a blow hard enough to cause injury
throwing the basketball toward the hoop
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
an explosive charge used in blasting
sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
an estimate based on little or no information
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
a small drink of liquor
a chance to do something
shot (adjective) cannon (adjective)
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
shot (verb) cannon (verb)
fire a cannon
make a cannon
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