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Cockade vs Dogvane - What's the difference?

cockade | dogvane |

As nouns the difference between cockade and dogvane

is that cockade is a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge while dogvane is (nautical) a small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.

cockade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge.

    • dogvane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
    • (Totten)
  • (obsolete, nautical) A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries)