Dinghy vs Dingey - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between dinghy and dingey is that dinghy is ( label) a small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship while dingey is . As a verb dinghy is to travel by dinghy.
dinghy English
Noun
( wikipedia dinghy)
( dinghies)
(label) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
* {{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= The Three Corpse Trick , chapter=5
, passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
(label) An inflatable rubber life raft.
Synonyms
* tender
Derived terms
* sailing dinghy
* dinghy towing
Verb
To travel by dinghy.
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dingey English
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