Yacht vs Marine - What's the difference?
yacht | marine |
A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
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Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.
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Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology'', marine ''insurance .)
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(capitalised in the plural) A marine corps.
A painting representing some marine subject.
As a noun yacht
is now less common alternative spelling of jacht.As a verb marine is
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
{{der3, ice yacht , land yacht , motor yacht, motoryacht, MY , sailing yacht, steam yacht, SY , yacht club , yachter , yachting , yachtless , yachtsman}}Anagrams
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Adjective
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Noun
(en noun)- He was a marine in World War II.
- He fought with the Marines in World War II.
