Difference between Shaft and Spear

What is the difference between Shaft and Spear?

Shaft as a verb is to equip something with a shaft while Spear as a verb is 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.

Shaft

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to equip something with a shaft To have sexual intercourse with someone To engage in a malicious act; to rip off, as in "He got shafted."

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The long narrow body of a spear or arrow A beam or ray of light Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, or the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive. The main axis of a feather The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick A long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft. A vertical or near-vertical cave passage. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct. A malicious act, as in “to give someone the shaft” The main narrow part of the penis

Example sentence: O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

Spear

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish.an illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player

Part of speech: verb

Definition: 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.

Example sentence: Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.

We hope you now know whether to use Shaft or Spear in your sentence.

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