Lance vs. Spear

Lance vs. Spear — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.

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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 spears

Lanceverb

To open with a lancet; to pierce

to lance a vein or an abscess

Spearverb

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 counterpart

Lancenoun

an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

Spearadjective

Pertaining to male family members

the spear side of the family

Lancenoun

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 shore

Spearnoun

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 fish

Lanceverb

open by piercing with a lancet;

lance a boil

Spearverb

thrust up like a spear;

The branch speared up into the air