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Longship vs Longboat - What's the difference?

longship | longboat |

As nouns the difference between longship and longboat

is that longship is a type of naval vessel made by the Vikings while longboat is among the boats carried by a ship the largest, thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.

longship

English

(wikipedia longship)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings.

    • longboat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) Among the boats carried by a ship the largest, thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.

    • See also

    * longship * narrow boat * ("longboat" on Wikipedia)