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Carvel vs Carrack - What's the difference?

carvel | carrack |

As nouns the difference between carvel and carrack

is that carvel is (nautical) a small lateen-rigged mediterranean vessel with two masts, used to carry cargo while carrack is a large european sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.

carvel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) a small lateen-rigged Mediterranean vessel with two masts, used to carry cargo
  • the sea blubber

    • Synonyms

    * (lateen-rigged vessel) caravel

    Derived terms

    * carvel-built

    Anagrams

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    carrack

    English

    Alternative forms

    * carack * carrick

    Noun

    (wikipedia carrack) (en noun)
  • A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.