Difference between Shank and Cannon

What is the difference between Shank and Cannon?

Shank as a noun is the lower part of the leg; shin. while Cannon as a noun is a complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. it may include muzzle appendages.

Shank

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Bad.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The lower part of the leg; shin. Meat from that part of an animal. A straight, narrow part of an object; shaft; stem. The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck. The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point. A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached. The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece of the bit, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached. A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. See thin,fat,toe. An improvised stabbing weapon.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Travel on foot. stab Hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.

Cannon

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bombard with cannonsTo play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.A large-bore machine gun.A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.The arm of a player that can throw well.

Example sentence: The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

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