different between artillery vs whizbang

English

Etymology

From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from a Vulgar Latin *apticl?re < *apticul?re, from Latin apt?re (“to make capable”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t?l??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???t?l??i/

Noun

artillery (countable and uncountable, plural artilleries)

1. Large projectile weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person; usually various types of cannon, but rocket artillery also exists.
2. An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
3. Gunnery.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Campbell to this entry?)

4. (archaic) Weapons

Derived terms

• artillery fungus
• artillery mold
• artillery wheel
• nuclear artillery
• rocket artillery
• tube artillery

Translations

References

• artillery at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artillery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

whiz +? bang

Noun

whizbang (plural whizbangs)

1. (dated) A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding
2. (dated) A small artillery shell
3. (by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.
   • c. 1967: Evening Standard

     She [Agatha Christie] has produced a whizzbang surprise which I am unable even to hint at without spoilsporting.