Needle vs. Dragonfly — What's the Difference?

A slender, pointed implement used for sewing or surgical suturing, made usually of polished steel and having an eye at one end through which a length of thread is passed and held.

A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, "unequal" and πτερόν pteron, "wing", because the hindwing is broader than the forewing). Adult dragonflies are characterized by large, multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches, and an elongated body.

Any of various similar implements, such as a fine sharp-pointed instrument used in acupuncture or a pointed shaft used in knitting, crocheting, or lace making.

Any of numerous predatory insects of the order Odonata, having large eyes, a long slender body, and two pairs of transparent veined wings, especially those of the order Anisoptera, which hold the wings outstretched when at rest, as distinguished from the damselflies. Also called regionally darner, darning needle, devil's darning needle, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, spindle.

A sharp-pointed instrument used in engraving.

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

A slender piece of jewel or steel used to transmit vibrations from the grooves of a phonograph record.

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

A slender pointer or indicator on a dial, scale, or similar part of a mechanical device.

A magnetic needle.

A hypodermic needle.

(Informal) A hypodermic injection; a shot.

Chiefly Upper Northern US See dragonfly.

A narrow stiff leaf, as of a pine or fir.

A fine, sharp projection, as a spine of a sea urchin or a crystal.

A tall narrow rock formation.

An obelisk.

(Informal) A goading, provoking, or teasing remark or act.

To prick, pierce, or stitch with a needle.

(Informal) To goad, provoke, or tease.

To sew or do similar work with a needle.

A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.

Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.

(informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.

A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.

The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

(programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

(transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

(ambitransitive) To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, - used in sewing.

See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.

A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.

One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.

Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

A hypodermic needle; a syringe fitted with a hypodermic needle, used for injecting fluids into the body.

An injection of medicine from a hypodermic needle; a shot.

To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.

To tease (a person), especially repeatedly.

To prod or goad (someone) into action by teasing or daring.

To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

As of a conifer

A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

A sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

A stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism;

Prick with a needle