What’s the difference between a catapult and a trebuchet?

Question

Both throw something heavy a long distance but what separates the two?

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Answer 1

The trebuchet is invented later, instead of winding a rope around a spindle (catapult) a trebuchet has a counter weight that is heavier than the thing your throwing.

The trebuchet uses gravity against the counter weight to give the thrown item momentum.

Finally the trebuchet has far greater range but has to be setup and disassembled if it has to move. A catapult can fire and move quicker.