Corvette is a see also of battleship.
As nouns the difference between corvette and battleship
is that corvette is (nautical|historical) a flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the united states navy a sloop of war while battleship is (military) large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns battleships are now obsolescent, replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles types: dreadnought, pre-dreadnought.
corvette
Alternative forms
* (l) (rare)
Noun
(
en noun)
(nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
battleship
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(military) Large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns. Battleships are now obsolescent, replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles. Types: dreadnought, pre-dreadnought.
Non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
A guessing game played on grid paper, see
Derived terms
* battleship gray, battleship grey
* super battleship
* pocket battleship
* light battleship
* heavy battleship
* fast battleship
Related terms
* battlecruiser
See also
* dreadnought
* cruiser
* destroyer
* frigate
* sloop
* corvette
* monitor
* gunboat
* aircraft carrier
