Dreadnaught vs Dreadnought - What's the difference?
dreadnaught | dreadnought | Alternative forms |
*1851 ,
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.
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)- 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.