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Pontoon vs Ponton - What's the difference?

pontoon | ponton |

As nouns the difference between pontoon and ponton

is that pontoon is (military) a flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge or pontoon can be (card games) a card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it while ponton is .

pontoon

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ponton, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
  • A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
  • A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
  • A float of a seaplane.
  • Synonyms
    * (floating structure used as a bridge) pontoon bridge

    Etymology 2

    Probably from .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
  • Synonyms
    * (card game) vingt-et-un

    See also

    * baccarat * blackjack * twenty-one

    ponton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
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