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Waterboarding vs Waterboard - What's the difference?

waterboarding | waterboard |

As nouns the difference between waterboarding and waterboard

is that waterboarding is a torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face, and has water poured onto them, causing them to experience the sensation of drowning while waterboard is a board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.

As a verb waterboard is

to subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive.

waterboarding

English

(wikipedia waterboarding)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face, and has water poured onto them, causing them to experience the sensation of drowning.

    • waterboard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
  • A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.
  • *{{quote-book, 2005, Ruth M. Mourik, Did Water Kill the Cows? citation
    • , passage=The waterboard argued that the quality of the water was good

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive
    • We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.