Canoe vs. Pirogue

Canoe vs. Pirogue — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Canoe and Pirogue

Canoenoun

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.

Piroguenoun

A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.

Canoenoun

(slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.

Piroguenoun

A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made out of a four-foot by eight-foot piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-foot eight-inch-wide eight-foot-long pointed-end lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval.

Canoeverb

To ride or paddle a canoe.

Piroguenoun

A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.

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Canoenoun

small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

Piroguenoun

a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

Canoeverb

travel by canoe;

canoe along the canal