Arrow vs. Sheaf — What's the Difference?

An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and a slot at the rear end called nock for engaging the bowstring.

A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine.

A weapon consisting of a thin, straight stick with a sharp point, designed to be shot from a bow

A collection of items held or bound together

Move or appear to move swiftly and directly

An archer's quiver.

A missile having a straight thin shaft and typically having a pointed head at one end and flight-stabilizing vanes at the tail end, meant to be shot from a bow.

To gather and bind into a bundle.

Something, such as a directional symbol, that is similar to an arrow in form or function.

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

To move like an arrow.

Any collection of things bound together.

To shoot with an arrow

A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).

(mechanical) A sheave.

(graph theory) A directed edge.

(mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.

A dart.

(transitive) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves

(computing) The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.

(intransitive) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

(botany) The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.

A sheave.

(intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

(transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.

Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, - usually twenty-four.

To develop an inflorescence.

To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

To navigate using the arrow keys.

To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

A mark to indicate a direction or relation

A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow