What's the difference between boat and catamaran?

Boat


Definition:

  • (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
  • (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
  • (n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
  • (v. t.) To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
  • (v. t.) To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
  • (v. i.) To go or row in a boat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) External exposures to a contaminated fishing net and fishing boat are considered pathways for fishermen.
  • (2) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
  • (3) What happened in the past was that if smugglers are sure that European boats are patrolling very close to the Libyan coast, then traffickers use this opportunity to advertise, and say to potential irregular migrants: ‘You will be sure to reach the European coast.
  • (4) As 1,000 fishing boats were on their way to the islands the Chinese know as Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, the People's Daily warned on Monday that the incident could lead to a full-blown trade boycott.
  • (5) "And if you're pursuing music as the equivalent of your nine-to-five, and you'd quite like to be doing that for years to come, it's in your interest not to rock the boat."
  • (6) Morrison and Operation Sovereign Borders commander Lieutenant General Angus Campbell continued to insist that their refusal to answer questions about “on water matters” was essential to meet the overriding goal of stopping asylum seeker boats, and said from now on such briefings on the policy would be held when needed, rather than every week because the “establishment phase” had finished.
  • (7) The Queen Boat case was one of three big sex stories that helped to squeeze bad news out of the papers around the same time.
  • (8) Labor’s left faction is yet to settle its position on the politically controversial issue of turning back asylum-seeker boats , ahead of the party’s national conference at the end of the month.
  • (9) The Coalition and Labor share the policy of not offering resettlement to people who try to reach Australia by boat.
  • (10) Among possible causes for the increase in deaths in the Mediterranean this year, the agency cited a worsening quality of vessels and smugglers’ tactics to avoid detection by authorities, such as sending many boats out at the same time, which makes the work of rescuers harder.
  • (11) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.
  • (12) Another 500 people were rescued from four different boats on Tuesday, the coastguard said in a statement.
  • (13) The prime minister, Tony Abbott , said on Thursday he was comfortable with being accused of secrecy on asylum seeker policy so long as the policies succeeded in stopping the boats.
  • (14) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
  • (15) I must say that for the time being we are still missing some boats and aerial means.
  • (16) Spencer has now heard that Andy, who got the boat remember, has been cracking on to Louise, even though Jamie warned him it would be like jumping into a polar bear's nest.
  • (17) It was quoted in the grand jury indictment, and later a larger portion was included in one of the prosecution’s filings in the case: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thermal image released by the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing, shows the boat in which Jahar hid.
  • (18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fishing boats moored in the harbour at Clovelly.
  • (19) Five men were confined on a boat for fourteen days.
  • (20) First, the argument that balanced budgets and economic growth inevitably lead to a fairer society because “all boats rise on a rising tide”.

Catamaran


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.
  • (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.
  • (n.) A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.
  • (n.) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The catamaran-style “waste harvester” uses a system of interchangeable barges and on-board storage to continuously harvest surface waste without having to frequently return to shore to unload.
  • (2) He would like to have $10m a year to charter a new boat, a 45-knot Australian-built catamaran ferry named HSV-2 Swift, which is two and half times the size of the Phoenix.
  • (3) After lunch the catamaran’s port-side engine failed.
  • (4) Just on the stretch of coast road from Kamaishi to Otsuchi city, there is a four-door saloon wedged in the third-floor window of a primary school, a 25-metre catamaran perched on a building half its size and a 6,000-tonne container ship, the Asian Symphony, rammed through a concrete sea wall and now blocking one lane of the road.
  • (5) It's the jagged rocks framing the cove that make it so special, and nothing blocks the view east to the island of Alonissos except for the ferries and catamarans that pass in the distance every half hour.
  • (6) Every day, dozens of cruise ships and high-speed catamarans ferry the crush of tourists and revellers bound for the constellation of Greek islands in the east Mediterranean and Aegean seas.
  • (7) The first boat to moor in Dikili was a chartered Turkish catamaran, the Nazli Jale.
  • (8) Alternatively, make like you're in St Tropez by drinking in the views of Poole harbour from the luxury of a skippered catamaran or powerboat.
  • (9) Using the catamaran boat "Canvas-Back" during May 1987, a whole-population ocular survey utilizing modern equipment and ophthalmic subspecialists was conducted on one of the atolls (Wotje) in the Marshall Islands.
  • (10) As a result, the 20-metre catamaran has cost several million dollars to construct and has taken three years to reach its current design.
  • (11) Eventually the harbourmaster at Hayman Island came to our aid as night fell – but catamarans were permanently struck off our holiday list that day.
  • (12) Sports students would play in three fixtures with local teams and would be given “traditional evening entertainment”, a catamaran cruise, the option of going to a water park, and a special sports tour kit, the letter said.
  • (13) To further highlight the oceans' plastic pollution problems, the 30-year-old environment crusader has designed a special catamaran with a hull made of frames filled with 12,000 plastic bottles.