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Buoyancy vs Unsinkability - What's the difference?

buoyancy | unsinkability |

As nouns the difference between buoyancy and unsinkability

is that buoyancy is (label) the upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid while unsinkability is the quality of being unsinkable.

buoyancy

English

Noun

  • (label) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
  • The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
  • (label) Resilience or cheerfulness.

    • Related terms

    * buoyant * buoy * buoy up

    See also

    * Archimedes' principle

    unsinkability

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being unsinkable.
    • the supposed unsinkability of the Titanic