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Fireship vs Hellburner - What's the difference?

fireship | hellburner |

As nouns the difference between fireship and hellburner

is that fireship is (nautical) a sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet famously used by englishman sir francis drake when fighting the spanish armada of 1588 while hellburner is a fireship designed to explode devastatingly.

fireship

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
  • (vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute.

    • See also

    (boat ablaze) * fireboat (prostitute) * frenchified * venereal disease

    References

    * Depraved and Insulting English – Peter Novobatsky & Ammon Shea ISBN: 0-15-601149-2

    hellburner

    English

    (Hellburners)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fireship designed to explode devastatingly