Oar vs Rudder - What's the difference?
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An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.
An oarsman; a rower.
(zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
To row; to propel with oars.
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(nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
(aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
A riddle or sieve.
(figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
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As nouns the difference between oar and rudder
is that oar is an implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel while rudder is an underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).As a verb oar
is to row; to propel with oars.oar
English
(wikipedia oar)Noun
(en noun)- He is a good oar .
Synonyms
* (implement used to propel a boat) paddleDerived terms
* stick one's oar inVerb
(en verb)- Turning the long tables upside down — and there were twelve of them — they seated themselves, one behind another, within the upturned table tops as though they were boats and were about to oar their way into some fabulous ocean.
Anagrams
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Noun
(wikipedia rudder) (en noun)- For rhyme the rudder is of verses.
