mast vs mizen

mast and mizen both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mast	Yes	No	No	No
mizen	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mizen is a hyponym of mast; that is, mizen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mast:

mast: a vertical spar for supporting sails
mizen: third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

Other hyponyms of mast include foremast, jigger, jiggermast, jury mast, mainmast, mizenmast, mizzen, mizzenmast, topmast.

mast (noun)	mizen (noun)
a vertical spar for supporting sails	third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
any sturdy upright pole	fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast
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