Lance vs. Spear
Difference Between Lance and Spear
Lancenoun
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
Spearnoun
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
Lancenoun
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
Spearnoun
A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
Lancenoun
(fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
Spearnoun
A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
Lancenoun
(military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
Spearnoun
(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
Lancenoun
(military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
Spearnoun
(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
Lancenoun
(founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
Spearnoun
A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
Lancenoun
(pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
Spearnoun
The feather of a horse.
Lancenoun
(medicine) A lancet.
Spearnoun
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Lanceverb
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.Spearnoun
A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
asparagus and broccoli spearsLanceverb
To open with a lancet; to pierce
to lance a vein or an abscessSpearverb
To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
Lanceverb
To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
Spearverb
(intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
Lancenoun
a long pointed rod used as a weapon
Spearadjective
Male
a spear counterpartLancenoun
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Spearadjective
Pertaining to male family members
the spear side of the familyLancenoun
a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
Spearnoun
a long pointed rod used as a weapon
Lanceverb
move quickly, as if by cutting one's way;
Planes lanced towards the shoreSpearnoun
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Lanceverb
pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
Spearverb
pierce with a spear;
spear fishLanceverb
open by piercing with a lancet;
lance a boilSpearverb
thrust up like a spear;
The branch speared up into the air
