Cartridge vs. Cartouche — What's the Difference?

A cylindrical, usually metal casing containing the primer and charge of ammunition for use in a firearm.

In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to the oval, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the feature did not come into common use until the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu.

Such a casing fitted with a bullet.

A structure or figure, often in the shape of an oval shield or oblong scroll, used as an architectural or graphic ornament or to bear a design or inscription.

A similar piece of ammunition, such as a shotgun shell.

An oval or oblong figure in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that encloses characters expressing the names or epithets of royal or divine personages.

A case filled with high explosives, used in blasting.

A heavy paper cartridge case.

A small modular unit designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment

(architectural element) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.

A removable case containing the stylus and electric conversion circuitry in a phonograph pickup.

(Egyptian hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.

A case containing magnetic tape in a reel; a cassette.

A paper cartridge.

A case containing a ribbon in a spool, for use in printers and electric typewriters.

A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.

A lightproof case with photographic film that can be loaded directly into a camera.

A gunner's bag for ammunition.

(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.

A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

(by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.

A cartridge (usually with paper casing)

(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.

(computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.

(computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.

(obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".

A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.

Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required

A module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment;

An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable