Sail vs Smail - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between sail and smail

is that sail is a piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes while smail is conventional mail; snail mail.

As verbs the difference between sail and smail

is that sail is to be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power while smail is to send by conventional mail.

sail

English

(wikipedia sail)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) 'to cut'. More at saw.

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

* : Scene 1: 496-497

When we have laugh'd to see the sails conceive / And grow big-bellied with the wanton wind;

(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.

A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

Let's go for a sail .

(dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail .

Twenty sail were in sight.

The blade of a windmill.

A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.

The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.

(fishing) A sailfish.

We caught three sails today.

(paleontology) an outward projection of the

Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

* Spenser

Like an eagle soaring / To weather his broad sails .

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* balloon sail * by sail * drag sail * dragon sail * point of sail * sailback * sailboard * sailboat * sailcloth * sailer * sailfish * sailing * studding sail * set sail * take the wind out of someone's sails * topsail * working sail

Etymology 2

(etyl) , cognate to earlier Middle Low German segelen and its descendant Low German sailen.

Verb

(en verb)

To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.

To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.

To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.

To set sail; to begin a voyage.

We sail for Australia tomorrow.

To move briskly and gracefully through the air.

* Shakespeare

As is a winged messenger of heaven, / When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, / And sails upon the bosom of the air.

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To move briskly.

Derived terms

* sail close to the wind

Anagrams

* English ergative verbs 1000 English basic words ----

smail

English

Noun

(en noun)

(Internet, dated) Conventional mail; snail mail.

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Richard Eymann citation

* 1997' November 18, “SteveH1491” (username), “ Trick Int'l ' smail address?”, in alt.music.cheap-trick, Usenet.

* 2000 August 5, “Robin” (username), “ Re: Letter from india”, in uk.politics.misc and other newsgroups, Usenet:

On a similar note just imagine if we could persuade companies that sending junk smail is hugely ineffective. All those people, using all that paper, printers, ink, postmen etc etc.

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* 2002 July 15, “Thor” (username), “ Looking for Maisto On Track Diescast Trains”, in rec.models.railroad, Usenet:

If anyone knows a smail order or internet vendor who carries them, please let me know ¶