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Flotilla vs Regatta - What's the difference?

flotilla | regatta |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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:
  • Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.

    regatta

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A series of boat races, although sometimes used for a single race.
  • A striped cotton fabric.