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Baccarat vs Pontoon - What's the difference?

baccarat | pontoon |

In card games terms the difference between baccarat and pontoon

is that baccarat is a card game with some similarities to blackjack while pontoon is a card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.

baccarat

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (card games) A card game with some similarities to blackjack.

    • See also

    * blackjack * pontoon * twenty-one * (wikipedia "baccarat")

    pontoon

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ponton, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
  • A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
  • A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
  • A float of a seaplane.
    • Synonyms
    * (floating structure used as a bridge) pontoon bridge

    Etymology 2

    Probably from .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
    • Synonyms
    * (card game) vingt-et-un

    See also

    * baccarat * blackjack * twenty-one