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Flote vs Flotel - What's the difference?

flote | flotel |

As a verb flote

is .

As a noun flotel is

a ship converted to a permanently moored hotel.

flote

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (flite).

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) flot, (etyl) (lena) (fluctus); also compare (float) (noun).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wave.
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
    • [...] they all have met again, / And are upon the Mediterranean flote / Bound sadly home for Naples [...]

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (flot)
  • To fleet; to skim.
    • (Tusser)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    flotel

    English

    (wikipedia flotel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a ship converted to a permanently moored hotel.
  • living quarters built on a floating platform, such as near an offshore oil rig.