Kayak vs. Yak — What's the Difference?

A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word qajaq (IPA: [qajɑq]).

The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau, Northern Myanmar, Yunnan, Sichuan and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak (Bos mutus).

A canoe of a type used originally by the Inuit, made of a light frame with a watertight covering having a small opening in the top to sit in.

A large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in Tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.

Travel in or use a kayak

Trivial or unduly prolonged conversation.

A very light, slender, usually covered boat that has pointed ends and is propelled by a double-bladed paddle. Traditional Yupik and Inuit kayaks are made of skins stretched over a frame of wood or whalebone.

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects

To go, travel, or race in a kayak.

A wild, shaggy-haired ox (Bos grunniens) of the mountains of central Asia.

To go or travel on (a body of water) by kayak

A domesticated yak, used as a work animal or raised for meat and milk.

A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck

Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.

(intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.

(transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.

(slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.

A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos

(slang) A laugh.

Travel in a small canoe;

(slang) Vomit.

(slang) A kayak.

To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.

To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.

A bovine mammal (Poëphagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.

Noisy talk

Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated