Difference between Catapult and Slingshot

What is the difference between Catapult and Slingshot?

Catapult as a noun is a device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck. while Slingshot as a noun is a y-shaped stick with an elastic band between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

We hope you now know whether to use Catapult or Slingshot in your sentence.