Shaft vs. Gear — What's the Difference?

The long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow.

A gear is a rotating circular machine part having cut teeth or, in the case of a cogwheel or gearwheel, inserted teeth (called cogs), which mesh with another toothed part to transmit torque. A gear may also be known informally as a cog.

A spear or arrow.

A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of a driving mechanism (such as the engine of a vehicle) and the speed of the driven parts (the wheels)

The handle of any of various tools or implements.

Equipment or apparatus that is used for a particular purpose

One of two parallel poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle.

Design or adjust the gears in a machine to give a specified speed or power output

A long, generally cylindrical bar that rotates and transmits power, as the drive shaft of an engine.

A toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, that meshes with another toothed part to transmit motion or to change speed or direction.

(Zoology) The main axis of a feather, especially its distal portion.

A complete assembly that performs a specific function in a larger machine.

The midsection of a long bone; the diaphysis.

A transmission configuration for a specific ratio of engine to axle torque in a motor vehicle.

The section of a hair projecting from the surface of the body.

Equipment, such as tools or clothing, used for a particular activity

The body of the clitoris, extending from the root to the glans.

Clothing and accessories

The body of the penis, extending from the root to the glans.

Personal belongings, including clothing

A column or obelisk.

The harness for a horse.

The principal portion of a column, between the capital and the base.

A ship's rigging.

A ray or beam of light.

A sailor's personal effects.

A bolt of lightning.

To equip with gears.

A long, narrow, often vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for mining ore; a tunnel.

To connect by gears.

A vertical passage housing an elevator.

To put into gear.

A duct or conduit for the passage of air, as for ventilation or heating.

To adjust or adapt so as to make suitable

The upright portion of a boot that covers the leg.

To provide with gear; equip.

A scornful or sarcastic remark; a barb.

To come into or be in gear.

(Slang) Harsh, unfair treatment. Often used with the

To shift a transmission

Vulgar Slang A penis.

To become adjusted so as to fit or blend.

To equip with a shaft.

(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

(Slang) To treat in a harsh, unfair way

Clothing; garments.

(Slang) To penetrate (someone) sexually.

(obsolete) Goods; property; household items.

(obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

(countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.

The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.

Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.

(aviation) landing gear

A beam or ray of light.

Recreational drugs, including steroids.

The main axis of a feather.

Stuff.

(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.

(obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.

A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine

Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.

To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.

To be in, or come into, gear.

(architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.

To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

The main cylindrical part of the penis.

(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).

The chamber of a blast furnace.

(finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.

(weather) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.

Great or fantastic

To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

(transitive) To equip with a shaft.

Goods; property; household stuff.

To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.

Warlike accouterments.

That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.

Manner; custom; behavior.

The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.

Business matters; affairs; concern.

A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; - called also cora humming bird.

A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.

A rod at the end of a heddle.

See 1st Jeer (b).

A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.

Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.

A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

The chamber of a blast furnace.

To provide with gearing.

A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

To be in, or come into, gear.

A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

A column of light (as from a beacon)

A mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

The main (mid) section of a long bone

Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

Obscene terms for penis

Set the level or character of;

A long pointed rod used as a weapon

A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

A vertical passage into a mine

A revolving rod that transmits power or motion

The hollow shaft of a feather

Equip with a shaft

Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit