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Whaling vs Whalecraft - What's the difference?

whaling | whalecraft |

As nouns the difference between whaling and whalecraft

is that whaling is the practice of hunting whales while whalecraft is the art and techniques of whaling.

As a verb whaling

is present participle of whale.

whaling

English

(wikipedia whaling)

Noun

  • The practice of hunting whales.
  • The practice of spotting whales.
  • (informal) A beating.

    • Synonyms

    * (spotting of whales) whale watching

    See also

    * mallemaroking

    Verb

    (head)

    • whalecraft

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The art and techniques of whaling.
  • * 1997 , Lance Edwin Davis, Robert E. Gallman, Karin Gleiter, In pursuit of Leviathan (page 294)
    • The last significant innovation in whalecraft combined characteristics of the harpoon and the whaling gun.