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Unrugged vs Unrigged - What's the difference?

unrugged | unrigged |

As adjectives the difference between unrugged and unrigged

is that unrugged is not rugged while unrigged is not rigged; not having the rigging up.

As a verb unrugged

is past tense of unrug.

unrugged

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(-)
  • Not rugged

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not rugged, without a rug

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (unrug)

    • unrigged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (nautical) Not rigged; not having the rigging up.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • As she drew nigh, all eyes were fixed upon her broad beams, called shears, which, in some whaling-ships, cross the quarter-deck at the height of eight or nine feet; serving to carry the spare, unrigged , or disabled boats.