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Hly2004 Posted 20 years ago
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arms and weapons

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00(1)Could you tell me the difference between the two words please? 02font 02br 02br 01font 00weapons02font 00 Things to injure, eg a gun, a sword, a borken bottle, a chair, anything you can use to hurt someone. The term is also used figuratively.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00(1)Could you tell me the difference between the two words please?
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00weapons02font 00 Things to injure, eg a gun, a sword, a borken bottle, a chair, anything you can use to hurt someone.
  • The term is also used figuratively.
  • eg 01i 00His strongest weapon is his sarcasm02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00arms 02font 00As a separate word, usually used only in the plural.
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Arms can be anything like gun, pistol, spear , knife bomb sniperit could be anything which can kill a person.

Weapon is a kind of an arm. It is one of a kind like only a pistol or only a rifle. So in a nutshell different kind of weapons are called Arms when they are kept together.

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A weapon is any device used to inflict damage or harm to living beings or property.
A gun is not a weapon until it is used to inflict damage or harm to living beings or property.
A gun used to rob, kill and destroy is a weapon.
A gun used in self-defe
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Arms and weapons have a similar meaning. Arms is generally the more formal, abstract, or literary, term, and can usually be substituted for weapons, but weapons typically cannot be substituted for arms. Some examples:

In the US people have the right to keep and bear arms. (This is an abstract, legal type of usage, and weapons cannot be substituted.)

Does he have any weapons on
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