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portoise

Wikidiffcom vs Portoise - What's the difference?

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As a noun portoise is

(nautical) the gunwale of a ship.

Terms vs Portoise - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and portoise

is that terms is while portoise is (nautical) the gunwale of a ship.

Portise vs Portoise - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between portise and portoise

is that portise is while portoise is (nautical) the gunwale of a ship.

Porpoise vs Portoise - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between porpoise and portoise

is that porpoise is a small cetacean of the family phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins while portoise is (nautical) the gunwale of a ship.

As a verb porpoise

is said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing.

Tortoise vs Portoise - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between tortoise and portoise

is that tortoise is any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of family testudinidae , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron) the animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators while portoise is (nautical) the gunwale of a ship.