Difference between sail and rig

sail

Definitions

verb

  1. travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
  2. traverse or travel on (a body of water)
  3. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
  4. travel on water propelled by wind

noun

  1. an ocean trip taken for pleasure
  2. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
  3. any structure that resembles a sail

Examples

After our engineless sail into the anchorage at Santa Domingo we spent a couple of days trying to resuscitate the iron genny.

Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate.

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rig

Definitions

noun

  1. formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
  2. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
  3. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
  4. gear used in fishing
  5. gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
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verb

  1. manipulate in a fraudulent manner
  2. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
  3. equip with sails or masts
  4. connect or secure to

Examples

Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the

While on the way thither she fell in with a polacre-rigged ship flying the

They could have been classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war and were built by Thomas Fishburn in 1770 at Whitby.

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