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Shipwreck vs Shipwreckee - What's the difference?

shipwreck | shipwreckee |

As nouns the difference between shipwreck and shipwreckee

is that shipwreck is a ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy while shipwreckee is one who is shipwrecked.

As a verb shipwreck

is to wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

shipwreck

English

(wikipedia shipwreck)

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
    • (Dryden)
  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
  • (figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
  • * Bible, 1 Timothy 1. 19
    • Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck .
  • * J. Morley
    • It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck .

    Derived terms

    * shipwrecky

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

    • See also

    * castaway

    shipwreckee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is shipwrecked.
  • * 1955 , Gregorio Marañón, Charles David Ley, Antonio Pérez, "Spanish Traitor"
    • Evidently his real charge was not to help Perez in his linguistic difficulties but to spy on him. But the malign shipwreckee was at the same time a spy...
  • * 2001 , David Spedding, Shipwrecked International
    • There is a chapter devoted to each shipwreckee , including their own photographs, drawings, cartoons, extracts from journals and other writings.

    Synonyms

    * castaway * maroon