navigation vs luff
luff vs navigationnavigation and luff both are nouns.
navigation is not a verb while luff is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| navigation | Yes | No | No | No |
| luff | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| navigation (noun) | luff (noun) |
|---|---|
| the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | the act of sailing close to the wind |
| the work of a sailor | (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast |
| ship traffic |
| navigation (verb) | luff (verb) |
|---|---|
| flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides | |
| sail close to the wind |
Words related to "navigation"
- Jacob's ladder
- accommodation ladder
- astronavigation
- atrip
- aweigh
- barge
- beam-ends
- bear down on
- bear down upon
- beat
- becket
- bell
- bilge well
- bitter end
- boat
- cabotage
- capsizing
- celestial navigation
- chip
- close to the wind
- close-hauled
- dead reckoning
- deadeye
- direction
- employment
- escutcheon
- ferry
- fireroom
- fore
- fore-and-aft
- guidance
- instrument flying
- jack ladder
- laniard
- lanyard
- lead line
- leg
- luff
- mainsheet
- navigate
- navigational
- outpoint
- overhead
- pilot ladder
- pilotage
- piloting
- point
- rack
- raft
- ratlin
- ratline
- rigged
- rudder
- sail
- sailing
- scud
- sea ladder
- sea steps
- seafaring
- sheet
- ship's bell
- shipping
- shroud
- sounding line
- spun yarn
- stand out
- starboard
- stay
- steam
- steamer
- steerage
- steerageway
- steering
- sternpost
- stokehold
- stokehole
- tack
- tacking
- towing line
- towing rope
- towline
- towrope
- transport
- transportation
- unrigged
- wear round
- wear ship
- weather
- weather sheet
- work
- yacht
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