What's the difference between rowboat and tugboat?

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.

Tugboat


Definition:

  • (n.) See Tug, n., 3.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The drugs were found in a secret hold in the Tanzania-registered tugboat.
  • (2) Mumin Sahin and Emin Ozmen were found guilty of smuggling three tonnes of the class A drug, which were discovered inside the MV Hamal tugboat about 100 miles (160km) off the coast of Aberdeen in 2015.
  • (3) It was brought by tugboat on Sunday to a port near Pangkalan Bun on Borneo, the search headquarters.
  • (4) He's unhappy with an article headlined Minister Silent on Tugboats.
  • (5) The Kulluk was towed on Monday by a 360ft anchor handler, the Aiviq, and a tugboat, the Alert.
  • (6) The incident took place on Monday, 60 nautical miles off the coast of Libya, after an Italian tugboat and the coastguard ship came to the rescue of 250 migrants.
  • (7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The cocaine was found in a secret hold on board the MV Hamal tugboat.
  • (8) The floating barge office where the tugboat captain reports for duty is tilted like a funhouse.
  • (9) A unit in Misrata, 280 miles up the coast, commandeered a tugboat,  lashed jeeps mounted with rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns to the decks, and set sail.
  • (10) The tugboat crew guided the drill ship to a place where it would cause the least environmental damage and cut it loose.
  • (11) Start at the PE harbour and watch tugboats hauling in car carriers and cruise ships.
  • (12) In one narrow part of the lake, dozens of dredgers extend from the shore in a line, leaving only a narrow passageway for a tugboat hauling a barge piled up with yellow sand.
  • (13) It was brought by tugboat on Sunday to a port near the search headquarters at Pangkalan Bun on Borneo.
  • (14) Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi) has published abysmal data on payouts from Pandora and Spotify for his song "Tugboat" and Lowery even wrote a piece entitled " My Song Got Played on Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89, Less Than What I Make from a Single T-shirt Sale! "

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