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Buccaneer vs Pirate - What's the difference?

buccaneer | pirate |

Pirate is a synonym of buccaneer.



As nouns the difference between buccaneer and pirate

is that buccaneer is any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation while pirate is a criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

As verbs the difference between buccaneer and pirate

is that buccaneer is to engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships while pirate is to appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

As an adjective pirate is

illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a well-known trademarked product or work subject to copyright protection and the counterfeit itself.

buccaneer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
  • A pirate.
  • Synonyms

    * privateer * pirate

    Derived terms

    * buccaneering * buccaneerish

    See also

    * Jolly Roger * skull and crossbones

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
  • * 1963 , John Day, Arthur Henry Bullen (editor), The Works of John Day , page v
  • In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main

    pirate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
  • You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates .
  • An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
  • One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission
  • * 2001 , unidentified insider, quoted in John Alderman, Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music , Da Capo Press, ISBN 978-0-7382-0777-3, page 178:
  • And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies.
  • * 2004 , David Lubar, Dunk , page 20:
  • They had watches that said Gucci or Rolex on them even though it was obvious they'd come straight here from some pirate factory in China.
  • * 2008 , Martha Vicinus, Caroline Eisner, Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age , page 21:
  • If we untangle the claim that technology has turned Johnny Teenager into a pirate , what turns out to be fueling it is the idea that if'' Johnny Teenager were to share his unauthorized copy with two million of his closest friends the ''effect on a record company would be pretty similar to the effect of some CD factory's creating two million CDs and selling them cheap.

    Synonyms

    * (one who plunders at sea) buccaneer, corsair, picaroon, privateer, sea rover * (one who breaks intellectual property laws by copying) bootlegger

    Verb

    (pirat)
  • (nautical) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
  • They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.
  • (intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of
  • (intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of
  • Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.
  • * 2002 , John Sayle Watterson, College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy , page 343
  • In the 1970s cable companies began to pirate some of the football games that the networks had contracted to televise.
  • * 2004 , Wally Wang, Steal this File Sharing Book: What They Won't Tell You about File Sharing
  • College students, with their limited budgets, often pirate software to save their money for buying more important items (like beer).
  • * 2007 , Diane Kresh, Council on Library and Information Resources, The Whole Digital Library Handbook , page 85
  • Many college students now expect to sample, if not outright pirate , movies, music, software, and TV programs.
  • To engage in piracy.
  • He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.

    Synonyms

    * (appropriate by piracy) * (make illegal copy) plagiarize, counterfeit * (engage in piracy)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a well-known trademarked product or work subject to copyright protection and the counterfeit itself.
  • Synonyms

    * pirated

    See also

    * Jolly Roger * skull and crossbones ----