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Whats the difference between a

TheCatWoman

Ship and a boat, something I've never found a satisfactory answer too. I suspect many of you will get an Ai answer but is that going to be right?

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  • It can depend upon whether you are in conversation with the UK, the USA, or a submariner.

    A fun to remember popular summary:

    “You can put a boat on a ship, but you can’t put a ship on a boat.”

    But what about this conundrum?:

    “A ship has a commander and a crew. A boat just has whomever is on it at the time.”

    Others will be hung-up on the myriad different hull profiles, summarising by the generality that:

    "a V-shaped hull for deep water belongs to a ship. A flat-bottom, to a boat."

    However, never mind all that, submariners refer to their vessel as a boat.

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  • It can depend upon whether you are in conversation with the UK, the USA, or a submariner.

    A fun to remember popular summary:

    “You can put a boat on a ship, but you can’t put a ship on a boat.”

    But what about this conundrum?:

    “A ship has a commander and a crew. A boat just has whomever is on it at the time.”

    Others will be hung-up on the myriad different hull profiles, summarising by the generality that:

    "a V-shaped hull for deep water belongs to a ship. A flat-bottom, to a boat."

    However, never mind all that, submariners refer to their vessel as a boat.

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