Cartridges
Pellets and cartridges are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pellets" instead a noun "Cartridges".
Pellets
Cartridges and pellets are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cartridges" instead a noun "Pellets".
Both words in one sentence
- Shotguns would usually release a cloud of little round pellets, but with very few exceptions, any other guns would fire whole cartridges.
Source: Cartridges in Flight
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Pellets and Cartridges. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cartridges/pellets
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