Canoe vs. Pirogue: What's the Difference?

Canoe and Pirogue Definitions
Canoe
A light, slender, usually open boat that has pointed ends and is propelled by paddles.
Pirogue
A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk; a piragua.
Canoe
To carry or send by canoe.
Pirogue
Any of various boats usually propelled by paddling or poling, especially a light flatbottom boat with pointed ends.
Canoe
To travel in or propel a canoe.
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Pirogue
A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
Canoe
A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
Pirogue
A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.
Canoe
(slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
Pirogue
(Cajun cooking) A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood.
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Canoe
(gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.
Pirogue
A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat.
Canoe
To ride or paddle a canoe.
Pirogue
A canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
Canoe
A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.
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Canoe
A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water.
Canoe
A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
Canoe
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Canoe
Small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
Canoe
Travel by canoe;
Canoe along the canal