Stern vs. Aft

Stern vs. Aft — Is There a Difference?
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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).

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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 about
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Sternnoun

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 face

Sternadjective

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 parenthood

Sternadjective

severe and unremitting in making demands;

an exacting instructora stern disciplinarianstrict standards