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Basque vs Barque - What's the difference?

basque | barque |

As nouns the difference between basque and barque

is that basque is the part of a waistcoat etc extending below the waist while barque is a sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged.

basque

English

(wikipedia Basque)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The language of the Basque people.

    • Derived terms

    * Basque Country

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Relative to the Basque people or their language.

    • See also

    * (eu) * Language list

    External links

    *

    barque

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
  • * 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa , SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
    • On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.
  • (archaic) any small sailing vessel
  • (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind
  • * 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), of Florida'', from collection ''[[w:Harmonium (poetry collection), Harmonium :
    • Barque of phosphor
    On the palmy beach…

    Synonyms

    * (small vessel ): see boat

    See also

    * ("barque" on Wikipedia) ----