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Spar vs Bowsprit - What's the difference?

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In context|nautical|lang=en terms the difference between spar and bowsprit

is that spar is (nautical) a general term denoting any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff while bowsprit is (nautical) a spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.

As nouns the difference between spar and bowsprit

is that spar is a rafter of a roof or spar can be (mineralogy) any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent blee, which are easily cleft while bowsprit is (nautical) a spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.

As a verb spar

is (obsolete|or|dialectal) to bolt, bar or spar can be to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

spar

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Perhaps also compare (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rafter of a roof.
  • A thick pole or piece of wood.
  • (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.11:
    • The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre , forth to him came […].
  • (nautical) A general term denoting any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
  • (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
    • Derived terms
    * spar buoy * spar deck * spar torpedo

    Verb

  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) to bolt, bar.
  • To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
    • Derived terms
    * oversparred, undersparred

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (sparr)
  • To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=After early sparring , Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.}}
  • To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
  • To contest in words; to wrangle.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) spar, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent blee, which are easily cleft
  • (mineralogy) any crystal with no readily discernible faces.

    • Anagrams

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    bowsprit

    English

    (wikipedia bowsprit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.