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Galleon vs Brig - What's the difference?

galleon | brig |

As nouns the difference between galleon and brig

is that galleon is (nautical) a large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks while brig is force, power.

galleon

English

Noun

(wikipedia galleon) (en noun)
  • (nautical) A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

    • Anagrams

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    brig

    English

    (wikipedia brig)

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviated from brigantine, from (etyl) brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  • (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
    • See also
    * hermaphrodite brig * gun-brig

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) bridge
    • (Burns)

    Etymology 3

    Shortening of (brigadier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Brigadier.

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