Timeline for What's the difference between "ricochet" and "bounce"?
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| May 7, 2019 at 17:17 | comment | added | barbecue | This is a better answer for this question in the context of English usage than the accepted one, because it reflects (no pun intended) how the words are used in popular culture and common speech. | |
| May 7, 2019 at 15:02 | comment | added | Mitch | @Acccumulation This should all be about the usage of the word, not about physics. To wit: Guy accidentally shoots himself in the face after bullet ricochets off an armadillo. I recognize this as perfectly idiomatic English. | |
| May 7, 2019 at 14:53 | comment | added | Acccumulation | "If you shoot straight at a wall, the bullet can ricochet straight back." Is that a claim about English (people might still call it a ricochet, even if it comes straight back), or about physics (it's possible for a bullet to come straight back)? If the latter, I'd like to see a cite. | |
| May 7, 2019 at 1:26 | history | edited | Mitch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 7, 2019 at 1:14 | history | edited | Mitch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 7, 2019 at 1:06 | comment | added | Mitch | @user45266 fair point. Without reference these are surely descriptions of introspection. But dictionary definitions are surely introspection of a lexicographer, filtered by (hopefully) multiple review by other lexicographers. The OP can read the definitions as well as us (and has given links). What is left then for comparison? Things that are left out of dictionaries. But to your point I'll edit. | |
| May 7, 2019 at 0:50 | comment | added | user45266 | Quite a defined opinion. Got any sources? | |
| May 6, 2019 at 22:19 | history | answered | Mitch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |