Bullet vs. Pellet

Bulletnoun

A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.

Bulletnoun

(informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.

Bulletnoun

Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.

Bulletnoun

(typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (•), often used in lieu of numbers for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted)

Bulletnoun

A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.

Bulletnoun

A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.

Bulletnoun

(slang) One year of prison time

Bulletnoun

(slang) An ace (the playing card).

Bulletnoun

(figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.

Bulletnoun

(in attributive use) Very fast speedy.

Bulletnoun

(obsolete) A small ball.

Bulletnoun

(obsolete) A cannonball.

Bulletnoun

(fishing) A plumb or sinker.

Bulletnoun

(obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.

Bulletnoun

The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.

Bulletverb

To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.

Bulletverb

To speed, like a bullet.

Bulletverb

To make a shot, especially with great speed.

Bulletnoun

A small ball.

Bulletnoun

A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.

Bulletnoun

A cannon ball.

Bulletnoun

The fetlock of a horse.

Bulletnoun

a projectile that is fired from a gun

Bulletnoun

a high-speed passenger train

Bulletnoun

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity;

Bulletnoun

a metal projectile for firing from a rifle, revolver, or other small firearm, typically cylindrical and pointed, and sometimes containing an explosive.

Bulletnoun

used in similes to refer to someone or something that moves very fast

Bulletnoun

(in sporting contexts) a very fast ball

Bulletnoun

dismissal from employment

Bulletnoun

a small symbol used to introduce each item in a list, for emphasis.

Bulletnoun

a stick of lipstick (considered separately from the tube in which it is encased)

Bullet

A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel. The term is from Middle French, originating as the diminutive of the word boulle (boullet), which means .

Pelletnoun

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

Pelletnoun

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.

Pelletnoun

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.

Pelletnoun

(heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).

Pelletnoun

One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Pelletverb

To form into pellets.

Pelletverb

To strike with pellets.

Pelletnoun

A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper.

Pelletnoun

A bullet; a ball for firearms.

Pelletverb

To form into small balls; to pelletize.

Pelletnoun

a small sphere

Pelletnoun

a solid missile discharged from a firearm;