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Kayak vs Pirogue - What's the difference?

kayak | pirogue |

As nouns the difference between kayak and pirogue

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 pirogue is a canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.

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

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    pirogue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
  • A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made of one four-feet by eight-feet piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-feet eight-inches wide eight-feet long pointed-ends lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being comprised of the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval.
  • A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.

    • Anagrams

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