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Dreadnaught vs Dreadnought - What's the difference?

dreadnaught | dreadnought | Alternative forms |

Dreadnought is a alternative form of dreadnaught.



As nouns the difference between dreadnaught and dreadnought

is that dreadnaught is an alternative spelling of lang=en while dreadnought is a battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.

dreadnaught

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • *1851 ,
  • Going to his heavy grego, or wrapall, or dreadnaught , which he had previously hung on a chair, he fumbled in the pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch on its back, and exactly the colour of a three days' old Congo baby.

    Derived terms

    * super dreadnaught

    dreadnought

    Alternative forms

    * dreadnaught

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
  • (informal) a type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship
  • One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
  • A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
  • The cloth itself; fearnaught.
  • Derived terms

    * super dreadnought

    See also

    * aircraft carrier * battleship * corvette * cruiser * destroyer * frigate * gunboat * monitor * sloop * ----