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Kayak vs Cayuco - What's the difference?

kayak | cayuco |

As nouns the difference between kayak and cayuco

is that kayak is a type of small boat, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position while cayuco is a sort of canoe or kayak.

As a verb kayak

is to use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

kayak

English

(wikipedia kayak)

Alternative forms

* kaiak, kiack, kyack, kyak, qayaq

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of small boat, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position.

    • See also

    * canoe * umiak

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) to use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak
  • (label) to traverse a body of water by kayak.

    • Anagrams

    * (l) English palindromes ----

    cayuco

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sort of canoe or kayak.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 19, author=Caroline Brothers, title=South Asians Taking Risky Route to Europe: Via Africa, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Officials like Mr. Mazzitelli, of the United Nations office in Dakar, say that while African immigrants are crossing thousands of miles of ocean in wooden or fiberglass cayucos , or fishing boats, crammed with 50 to 80 passengers, the South Asians are leaving West Africa in groups of at least 100, and in much bigger vessels, like the barely seaworthy Marine I. }}