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Corvetto vs Corvette - What's the difference?

corvetto | corvette |

As a noun corvetto

is (mineralogy) a curvet.

As a proper noun corvette is

a sports car, manufactured by from 1953 to present, an american icon.

corvetto

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A curvet.
  • (Peacham)
    (Webster 1913)

    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.