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Foresaid vs Foresail - What's the difference?

foresaid | foresail |


As an adjective foresaid

is (rare) aforesaid; aforementioned.

As a verb foresaid

is .

As a noun foresail is

(nautical|on a square-rigged ship) the lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast.

Taxonomy vs Foresail - What's the difference?

taxonomy | foresail |


As nouns the difference between taxonomy and foresail

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while foresail is the lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast.

Foresail vs Forebrace - What's the difference?

foresail | forebrace |


In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between foresail and forebrace

is that foresail is (nautical) a square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel while forebrace is (nautical) a rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

As nouns the difference between foresail and forebrace

is that foresail is (nautical|on a square-rigged ship) the lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast while forebrace is (nautical) a rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

Foresail vs Foresheet - What's the difference?

foresail | foresheet |


In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between foresail and foresheet

is that foresail is (nautical) a square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel while foresheet is (nautical) one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail.

As nouns the difference between foresail and foresheet

is that foresail is (nautical|on a square-rigged ship) the lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast while foresheet is (nautical) one of the sheets (ropes) that controls the foresail.

Foresail vs Headsail - What's the difference?

foresail | headsail | Synonyms |

Headsail is a synonym of foresail.



In nautical terms the difference between foresail and headsail

is that foresail is a square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel while headsail is any sail of a sailing vessel set forward of the foremost mast.

As nouns the difference between foresail and headsail

is that foresail is the lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast while headsail is any sail of a sailing vessel set forward of the foremost mast.

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