Castaway vs Castaway - What's the difference?
castaway | castaway |
Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
Shipwrecked.
(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
A discarded person or thing.
An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
Shipwrecked.
(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
A discarded person or thing.
An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between castaway and castaway
is that castaway is (nautical) a shipwrecked sailor while castaway is (nautical) a shipwrecked sailor.As adjectives the difference between castaway and castaway
is that castaway is cast adrift or ashore; marooned while castaway is cast adrift or ashore; marooned.As nouns the difference between castaway and castaway
is that castaway is (nautical) a shipwrecked sailor while castaway is (nautical) a shipwrecked sailor.castaway
English
Adjective
(-)- After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
- The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.
Noun
(en noun)- Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway .
- This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
- These homeless people are society's castaways .
Synonyms
* See alsocastaway
English
Adjective
(-)- After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
- The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.
Noun
(en noun)- Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway .
- This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
- These homeless people are society's castaways .
