Stern vs. Aft
Difference Between Stern and Aft
Sternadjective
Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
Aftnoun
(nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.
Sternadjective
Grim and forbidding in appearance.
Aftnoun
: the time of day from noon until early evening.
Sternnoun
(nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
Aftadverb
(nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
Sternnoun
(figurative) The post of management or direction.
Aftadjective
located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane
Sternnoun
The hinder part of anything.
Aftadjective
(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
Sternnoun
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
Aftadverb
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;
stow the luggage aftships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaftthe captain looked astern to see what the fuss was aboutSternnoun
A bird, the black tern.
Sternnoun
the rear part of a ship
Sternnoun
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Sternnoun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
he deserves a good kick in the buttare you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?Sternadjective
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;
an austere expressiona stern faceSternadjective
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
grim determinationgrim necessityRussia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certaintyrelentless persecutionthe stern demands of parenthoodSternadjective
severe and unremitting in making demands;
an exacting instructora stern disciplinarianstrict standards
