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Seafaring vs Maritime - What's the difference?

seafaring | maritime |

As adjectives the difference between seafaring and maritime

is that seafaring is following a life at sea while maritime is related to the sea or sailing.

As a noun seafaring

is the work, or calling of a sailor.

seafaring

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Following a life at sea.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
    • There was absolutely nothing about the body to suggest that it might possibly in life have known a maritime experience. It was the body of a low type of man or a high type of beast. In neither instance would it have been of a seafaring race. Therefore I deduced that it was native to Caprona--that it lived inland, and that it had fallen or been hurled from the cliffs above.
  • Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.
  • * A rowing boat is not a seafaring craft.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The work, or calling of a sailor.

    • maritime

    English

    (wikipedia maritime)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to the sea or sailing.
    • I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=1 citation , passage=“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.
  • Bordering on the sea.
    • the maritime states.
  • Living near or in the sea.
    • maritime animals.
  • Of or relating to a mariner or sailor.

    • Derived terms

    * Maritime Alps * Maritime Provinces * Maritimes

    Related terms

    * marina * marinara * marinate * marine * mariner