Abaft vs Astern - What's the difference?
abaft | astern |
(nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
(nautical, obsolete) Backwards.
(nautical) On the aft side; in the stern.
(label) Beyond the stern when viewed from aboard.
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* If one ship is following another, the first is astern when viewed from the second.
Astern is a synonym of abaft.
In nautical terms the difference between abaft and astern
is that abaft is on the aft side; in the stern while astern is behind.As a preposition abaft
is behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.As an adjective astern is
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English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- abaft the wheelhouse.
Adverb
(en adverb)- with the wind abaft
- The mate sleeps abaft
Anagrams
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Adverb
(en adverb)The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
