What's the difference between kayak and rowboat?

Kayak


Definition:

  • (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.
  • (2) There are kayaks and paddleboards to rent and a pontoon to swim out to.
  • (3) It was concluded that the circulatory and metabolic adjustments to kayak work are greater with kayak training than with bicycle training.
  • (4) I take a small kayak, I see electric eels, dolphins.
  • (5) Sea kayaking, wild swimming, rock climbing, mountain biking and hang gliding are hugely popular pastimes.
  • (6) Several privately owned canoe and kayak rental agencies offerguided and independent trips down the Mullica, Batsto, Oswego and Wading rivers.
  • (7) Ten moderately active male volunteers, age 19-30 years, completed one month of training on either a kayak or a bicycle ergometer (five men in each group).
  • (8) The best way to reach it is by kayak from Cala Feola bay (rentals starts at €25pp with guide for a three-hour tour).
  • (9) Kerala Kayaking offers good-value tours around the backwaters, taking you to try traditional chai and sweet paratha in floating cafes with friendly eagles that sit on your shoulders, and the guides explain the culture of the area.
  • (10) Avoid the polluting chugging houseboats that cruise along the motorway-like larger canals and take a kayak for a tenth of the price through the smaller, unexplored waterways.
  • (11) Following interval training designed to stress either the lower or upper body anaerobically, we have now shown that upper body exercise (kayaking) induces similar in vitro responses to those described for lower body exercise.
  • (12) Santorini Sea Kayak is a local company offering seven-day kayaking expeditions between Naxos and the islands of the Small Cyclades.
  • (13) Ryanair (ryanair.com) flies from Stansted to Podgorica from £44 one way More activity holidays in the Balkans Activities Abroad (01670 789991, activitiesabroad.com ) has family holidays around Montenegro's Kotor bay, with snorkelling, rafting and sea kayaking.
  • (14) Kayaks can be hired in the nearby town of Svendborg, while KajakInn also offers short training courses as well as guiding services.
  • (15) Depending on the water level, which varies with rainfall and snowmelt, the Green is popular with rafters and kayakers when high and with canoeists and tubers when low.
  • (16) Kayaking and fishing should be possible too, but check your dates as the season is short and popular.
  • (17) In east Yorkshire, Kevin Rushby enjoys the world-class coastal scenery around Flamborough Head , while across the Dales, kayaking is a great way to enjoy the vast tidal sands of the Cumbrian coast .
  • (18) Canoeing and kayaking are upper-body sports that make varying demands on the body, depending on the type of contest and the distance covered.
  • (19) The five-bedroom house is on almost half a hectare of land along Kailua Beach, Oahu, a favourite spot for windsurfers, kayakers and dogwalkers.
  • (20) With summer approaching, he dreaded another season of avoiding the beach and kayaking with his wife, Brianna.

Rowboat


Definition:

  • (n.) A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And the Olympic torch completed its remarkable journey, the penultimate stage undertaken from Hampton Court to Tower Bridge on the prow of the gilded Gloriana, at the head of a flotilla of rowboats that drew curious glances from the cormorants, herons and great crested grebes in their haunts by Richmond Bridge.
  • (2) Not everyone was able to fully get behind the idea of Harvard becoming a full-fledged sports powerhouse though: March Mattsuss (@suss2hyphens) HARVARD FANS ARE STORMING THE FLOOR [rowboats slowly paddle to center court] March 20, 2014 Big seeds struggle but survive A 16-seed has never defeated a one-seed in tournament history and this did not change on Thursday, but Albany at very least put a scare to No.
  • (3) Meanwhile, his nephew, Robert's bastard Gendry, has escaped Melisandre's leech frying pan and her literal fire, but landed in a proverbial one, stuck in a rowboat, unable to swim and without any friends.
  • (4) For even more exclusivity, ask the staff about their sister property, Caracola - a tiny all-inclusive $130-a-day beachclub on the Garzón lagoon, accessible only by rowboat and for those with an invitation and reservation.