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Sailing vs Navigation - What's the difference?

sailing | navigation |

As nouns the difference between sailing and navigation

is that sailing is motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise while navigation is the theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship.

As an adjective sailing

is travelling by ship.

As a verb sailing

is present participle of lang=en.

sailing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
  • Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
  • The time of departure from a port

    • Derived terms

    * clear sailing * plain sailing * sailing ship * sailing dinghy * sailing vessel

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Travelling by ship

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    navigation

    English

    (wikipedia navigation)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship
  • (uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping
  • (countable) A canal