boatswain

As nouns the difference between captain and boatswain

is that captain is a chief or leader while boatswain is (nautical) the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

As a verb captain

is to act as captain.

As a noun boatswain

is (nautical) the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

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As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

As a noun boatswain

is (nautical) the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

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As a noun boatswain

is (nautical) the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

As a noun boatswain

is (nautical) the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

In nautical terms the difference between quartermaster and boatswain

is that quartermaster is a petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master while boatswain is the petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

As nouns the difference between quartermaster and boatswain

is that quartermaster is an officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies while boatswain is the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

As nouns the difference between boatswain and coxswain

is that boatswain is the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship while coxswain is in a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.

In nautical terms the difference between helmsman and boatswain

is that helmsman is a member of a ship's crew who is responsible for steering while boatswain is the petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and boatswain

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while boatswain is the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

As nouns the difference between boatswain and serang

is that boatswain is the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship while serang is a native Indian boatswain.