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Can someone explain me the difference in nuance of these words? Both of them
mean "weapon", but while I was reading the manga where I got these words from,
most of the characters used 武器 and then there's just one character that used
兵器.  
I also want to mention that the furigana for 兵器 was ぶき and not へいき.  
I found a similar question on a Japanese site but I couldn't understand very
well...
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Difference between 武器 and 兵器
武器 means generally "weapons which are as little as you can hold like swords or
guns.

兵器 means generally "weapons for war which are big like tanks or fighter
aircrafts" and is used for generic name of weapons of war like 化学兵器(chemical
weapon).

We call adding different furigana for a kanji 当て字. In this case, the author
willfully made this 当て字. We commonly don't read 兵器 ぶき. I am not sure about the
author's intention but he might describe it as between 兵器 and 武器.
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