Lance vs. Spear: What's the Difference?

A thrusting weapon with a long wooden shaft and a sharp metal head.

A weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharply pointed end.

A similar implement for spearing fish.

A shaft with a sharp point and barbs for spearing fish.

A cavalry lancer.

A soldier armed with a spear.

(Medicine) See lancet.

A slender stalk, as of asparagus.

To pierce with a lance.

To pierce with a spear or other sharp object.

(Medicine) To make a surgical incision in; cut into

To catch with a thrust of the arm

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.

(Football) To block (an opponent) by ramming with the helmet, in violation of the rules.

A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.

(Sports) To jab (an opponent) with the blade of a hockey stick, in violation of the rules.

(fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

To stab at something with a spear or other sharp object.

(military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

To sprout like a spear.

(military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

(metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.

(pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.

(medicine) A lancet.

(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.

To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.

To open with a lancet; to pierce.

A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

The feather of a horse.

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

A long, thin strip from a vegetable.

A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

(botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk

An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

(obsolete) A church spire.

One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

(transitive) To pierce with a spear.

A lancet.

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.

To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

(gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.

To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

(intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.

To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

To ignore as a social snub.

A long pointed rod used as a weapon

Male.

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

Pertaining to male family members.

A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.

Move quickly, as if by cutting one's way;

Fig.: A spearman.

Pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight

A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.

Open by piercing with a lancet;

A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.

To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.

A long pointed rod used as a weapon

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

Pierce with a spear;

Thrust up like a spear;