Blackjack vs. Pontoon — What's the Difference?

Blackjack (formerly Black Jack and Vingt-Un) is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. The game is played with decks of 52 cards and is an American descendant of a global family of banking games known as Twenty-One.

A flatbottom boat used to support a bridge.

A leather-covered bludgeon used as a hand weapon, having a short, flexible shaft or strap from which it is swung.

A floating structure that serves as a dock.

(Games) A card game in which the object is to accumulate cards with a higher count than that of the dealer but not exceeding 21. Also called twenty-one, vingt-et-un.

Either of a pair of floats supporting a boat or seaplane.

Sphalerite.

A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.

To hit or beat with a blackjack.

(by extension) A bridge with floating supports.

To coerce by threats.

A box used to raise a sunken vessel.

(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.

A float of a seaplane.

(card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.

A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.

(card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).

(card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.

The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).

A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.

(weapons) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.

A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.

(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.

(nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge

Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.

A float supporting a seaplane

A blackjack oak.

Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.

To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.

A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad 3-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the bank up to but not exceeding 21

Exert pressure on someone through threats