Flotilla vs Regatta - What's the difference?
flotilla | regatta |
(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
* 1919, (Ronald Firbank), (Valmouth) , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 102:
A series of boat races, although sometimes used for a single race.
A striped cotton fabric.
As nouns the difference between flotilla and regatta
is that flotilla is (nautical) a small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships while regatta is a series of boat races, although sometimes used for a single race.flotilla
English
(wikipedia flotilla)Noun
(en noun)- Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.