The difference between Catapult and Onager
When used as nouns, catapult means 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, whereas onager means the asiatic wild ass or hemione (equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to asia.
Catapult is also verb with the meaning: to fire a missile from a catapult.
check bellow for the other definitions of Catapult and Onager
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Catapult as a noun:
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.
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Catapult as a noun (UK):
slingshot
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Catapult as a noun:
An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
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Catapult as a noun (figuratively):
An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
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Catapult as a verb (transitive):
To fire a missile from a catapult.
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Catapult as a verb (transitive):
To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
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Catapult as a verb (transitive):
To increase the status of something rapidly.
Examples:
"The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene."
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Catapult as a verb (intransitive):
To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
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Catapult as a verb (intransitive):
To have one's status increased rapidly.
Examples:
"She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate."
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Onager as a noun:
The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the , , or ().
Examples:
"synonyms hemionus q1=obsolete"
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Onager as a noun (military, historical):
A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult.