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Sloop vs Ploop - What's the difference?

sloop | ploop |

As nouns the difference between sloop and ploop

is that sloop is (label) a single-masted sailboat with only one headsail while ploop is an instance of this sound.

As an interjection ploop is

(onomatopoeia) the sound of a small object falling in liquid.

sloop

English

(wikipedia sloop)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
  • * 1789 , (Olaudah Equiano) (Gustavus Vassa), (The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano) ,
    • I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop ?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.}}
  • (label) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
  • A sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.

    • Anagrams

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    ploop

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound of a small object falling in liquid.
    • The pebbles went ploop and sunk to the bottom of the pond.

    Noun

    (s)
  • An instance of this sound.
    • I heard a ploop , but I couldn't tell where it came from.