Rafted vs Drafted - What's the difference?
rafted | drafted |
(raft)
A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies or a platform for swimmers.
A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals.
(US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
(slang, informal) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
* W. D. Howells
A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
* 2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge 2008, p. 31:
(reave)
(draft)
(nautical) of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.
(US) conscripted
As verbs the difference between rafted and drafted
is that rafted is past tense of raft while drafted is past tense of draft.As an adjective drafted is
of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.rafted
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *raft
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(wikipedia raft)Etymology 1
From Scandinavian; compare West (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a whole raft of folks
Derived terms
* life raftEtymology 2
Alteration of (raff).Noun
(en noun)- Among those arrested was the grand master himself, Jacques de Molay, who found himself facing a raft of charges based on the specious evidence of former knights [...].
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)- (Spenser)
Anagrams
* * * * ----drafted
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(head)- A johnboat is a shallow drafted boat favored by fishermen.