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Cayuco vs Patera - What's the difference?

cayuco | patera |

As nouns the difference between cayuco and patera

is that cayuco is a sort of canoe or kayak while patera is a broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation.

cayuco

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sort of canoe or kayak.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 19, author=Caroline Brothers, title=South Asians Taking Risky Route to Europe: Via Africa, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Officials like Mr. Mazzitelli, of the United Nations office in Dakar, say that while African immigrants are crossing thousands of miles of ocean in wooden or fiberglass cayucos , or fishing boats, crammed with 50 to 80 passengers, the South Asians are leaving West Africa in groups of at least 100, and in much bigger vessels, like the barely seaworthy Marine I. }}

    patera

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia patera) (paterae)
  • A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation.
  • (architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
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