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Draught vs. Draft — What's the Difference?

Draught vs. Draft — What's the Difference?

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Draught

A current of cool air in a room or other confined space
Heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts

Draft

A current of air in an enclosed area.

Draught

A single act of drinking or inhaling
She downed the remaining beer in one draught

Draft

A device that regulates the flow or circulation of air.

Draught

The depth of water needed to float a ship
The shallow draught enabled her to get close inshore
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Draft

The act of pulling loads; traction.

Draught

The drawing in of a fishing net.

Draft

Something that is pulled or drawn; a load.

Draught

Denoting beer or cider served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can
Draught ale

Draft

A team of animals used to pull loads.

Draught

Denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads
A draught horse

Draft

(Nautical)The depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded
A river vessel of shallow draft.

Draught

Variant of draft.

Draft

A heavy demand on resources.

Draught

In its various senses.

Draft

A written order directing the payment of money from an account or fund.

Draught

(British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.

Draft

A gulp, swallow, or inhalation.

Draught

(Australia) Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.

Draft

The amount taken in by a single act of drinking or inhaling.

Draught

A mild vesicatory.

Draft

A measured portion; a dose.

Draught

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Draft

The drawing of a liquid, as from a cask or keg.

Draught

Any picture or drawing.

Draft

An amount drawn
Ordered two drafts of ale.

Draught

A sudden attack upon an enemy.

Draft

The process or method of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or duty
A candidate who did not pursue the nomination, but accepted a draft by the party convention.

Draught

(UK) draft

Draft

Compulsory enrollment in the armed forces; conscription.

Draught

The act of drawing or pulling
A general custom of using oxen for all sort of draught would be, perhaps, the greatest improvement.

Draft

A body of people selected or conscripted.

Draught

The drawing of a bowstring.
She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.

Draft

(Sports)A system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professional teams.

Draught

That which is drawn
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught.

Draft

The act of drawing in a fishing net.

Draught

Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was left.

Draft

The quantity of fish caught.

Draught

The force drawn; a detachment; - in this sense usually written draft.
Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, . . . still thou art a bitter draught.
Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired.

Draft

Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture
A preliminary draft of a report.
The final draft of a paper.

Draught

That which draws

Draft

A representation of something to be constructed.

Draught

The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the draught forbore.

Draft

A narrow line chiseled on a stone to guide a stonecutter in leveling its surface.

Draught

A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.
A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the Parliament by a private member.
No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye.

Draft

A slight taper given a die to facilitate the removal of a casting.

Draught

Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.
The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest draught.

Draft

An allowance made for loss in weight of merchandise.

Draught

A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you.

Draft

To select from a group for some usually compulsory service
Drafted into the army.

Draught

An order for the payment of money; - in this sense almost always written draft.
He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in . . . a strong draught of air, until he was again sent for.

Draft

To select from a group for placement on a sports team.

Draught

The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught.

Draft

To draw up a preliminary version of or plan for.

Draught

An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4.

Draft

To create by thinking and writing; compose
Draft a speech.

Draught

A move, as at chess or checkers.

Draft

To work as a drafter.

Draught

The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.

Draft

To move, ride, or drive close behind a fast-moving object so as to take advantage of the slipstream, especially in a race.

Draught

Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks.

Draft

Suited for or used for drawing heavy loads
Oxen and other draft animals.

Draught

Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.

Draft

Drawn from a cask or tap
Draft beer.

Draught

Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.

Draft

(US spelling) A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

Draught

Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; - said of ale, cider, and the like.

Draft

(US spelling) The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.

Draught

To draw out; to call forth. See Draft.

Draft

(US spelling) An act of drinking.

Draught

To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
The Parliament so often draughted and drained.

Draft

(US spelling) The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
To drink at a draft
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.

Draught

To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Draft

(US spelling) A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).

Draught

A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
They served beer on draft

Draft

(US spelling) Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

Draught

A large and hurried swallow;
He finished it at a single gulp

Draft

The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.

Draught

A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)

Draft

An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.

Draught

The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

Draft

A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.

Draught

A dose of liquid medicine;
He took a sleeping draft

Draft

A cheque, an order for money to be paid.

Draught

The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Draft

Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
He left the country to avoid the draft.

Draught

Make a blueprint of

Draft

A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.

Draft

A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.

Draft

The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.

Draft

The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.

Draft

The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
Using oxen for draft
Shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft

Draft

The act of drawing in a net for fish.

Draft

That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.

Draft

A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.

Draft

(transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.

Draft

To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Draft

To write a law.

Draft

To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
He was drafted during the Vietnam War.

Draft

To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.

Draft

To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
The calves were drafted from the cows.

Draft

To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.

Draft

(ambitransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.

Draft

To draw out; to call forth.

Draft

To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

Draft

(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.

Draft

Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
A Clydesdale is a draft horse.

Draft

The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
Everything available for draft burden.

Draft

A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted.
Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year.

Draft

An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan.

Draft

An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods.

Draft

A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

Draft

The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.

Draft

A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.

Draft

The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

Draft

Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.

Draft

A current of air. Same as Draught.

Draft

A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.

Draft

The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.

Draft

A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.

Draft

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft horse.

Draft

Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.

Draft

To draw the outline of; to delineate.

Draft

To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

Draft

To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces.
HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army?Radar: He was drafted.
Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples.

Draft

To transfer by draft.
All her rents been drafted to London.

Draft

A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

Draft

A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)

Draft

A preliminary sketch of a design or picture

Draft

A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
They served beer on draft

Draft

Preliminary version of a written work

Draft

The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

Draft

A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace

Draft

A dose of liquid medicine;
He took a sleeping draft

Draft

Compulsory military service

Draft

A large and hurried swallow;
He finished it at a single gulp

Draft

The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Draft

Draw up an outline or sketch for something;
Draft a speech

Draft

Engage somebody to enter the army

Draft

Make a blueprint of

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