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Marque vs Barque - What's the difference?

marque | barque |

As a verb marque

is .

As a noun barque is

a sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged.

marque

English

Noun

(marques)
  • A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque
  • A brand of a manufactured product, especially a model of motor car
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    barque

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
  • * 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa , SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
    • On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.
  • (archaic) any small sailing vessel
  • (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind
  • * 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), of Florida'', from collection ''[[w:Harmonium (poetry collection), Harmonium :
    • Barque of phosphor
    On the palmy beach…

    Synonyms

    * (small vessel ): see boat

    See also

    * ("barque" on Wikipedia) ----