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Prahm vs Pontoon - What's the difference?

prahm | pontoon |

As nouns the difference between prahm and pontoon

is that prahm is a flat-bottomed boat while 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.

prahm

English

Alternative forms

* praam *

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat-bottomed boat.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
  • , title= The Three Corpse Trick, section=chapter 5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}

    References

    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