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Mooring vs Paravane - What's the difference?

mooring | paravane |

As nouns the difference between mooring and paravane

is that mooring is a place to moor a vessel while paravane is (nautical) a device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.

As a verb mooring

is .

mooring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place to moor a vessel
  • The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
  • (figuratively) Something to which one adheres to, or the means that help one maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
  • *1890 , John George Nicolay and John Hay,
  • *:The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.
  • *1898 , "
  • *:Friendship from its moorings strays,
  • *:Love binds fast together;
  • *:Friendship is for balmy days,
  • *:Love for stormy weather.

    • Related terms

    * dock * wharf

    Anagrams

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    paravane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.
  • (nautical) A towed underwater object with hydrofoils, of diverse uses

    • Synonyms

    * (towed underwater object with hydrofoils) water kite

    See also

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