Difference between Cartridge and Magazine

What is the difference between Cartridge and Magazine?

Cartridge as a noun is the package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition. while Magazine as a noun is a periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.

Cartridge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition. (A general sense that arose by extension from the sense of firearm cartridge) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly. A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another. Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data. A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".

Magazine

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.An ammunition storehouse.Detachable ammunition holder enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed to a gun.

Example sentence: I came up in a time when Springsteen, the Stones, Dylan, and the Beatles were still dominant. For every magazine cover with a new band, there were five covers with one of those guys.

We hope you now know whether to use Cartridge or Magazine in your sentence.

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