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Oar vs. Scull — What's the Difference?

Oar vs. Scull — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Oar and Scull

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Oar

An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end.

Scull

Each of a pair of small oars used by a single rower.

Oar

A pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water
She pulled hard on the oars

Scull

A large group of fish which has migrated from the open sea to inshore waters.

Oar

Propel with or as if with oars; row
Oaring through the weeds
Oaring the sea like madmen
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Scull

Propel a boat with sculls
He built boats and taught the gentlemen how to scull

Oar

A long, thin pole with a blade at one end, inserted into an oarlock and used to row or steer a boat.

Scull

A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.

Oar

A person who rows a boat, especially in a race.

Scull

One of a pair of light oars designed for use by a single rower.

Oar

To propel with or as if with oars or an oar.

Scull

A small light racing boat for one, two, or four rowers, each using a pair of sculls.

Oar

To traverse with or as if with oars or an oar
An hour to oar the strait.

Scull

To propel (a boat) with a scull or a pair of sculls.

Oar

To move forward by or as if by rowing
Oared strongly across the finish line.

Scull

To use a scull or a pair of sculls to propel a boat.

Oar

A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.

Scull

To generate propulsion, as in swimming, with a motion resembling that of a single scull oar.

Oar

An oarsman; a rower.
He is a good oar.

Scull

A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.

Oar

(zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Scull

One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.

Oar

(literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

Scull

A small rowing boat, for one person.

Oar

An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.

Scull

A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

Oar

An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.

Scull

Obsolete form of skull

Oar

An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Scull

A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.

Oar

To row.
Oared with laboring arms.

Scull

(obsolete) A shoal of fish.

Oar

An implement used to propel or steer a boat

Scull

The skua gull.

Scull

To row a boat using a scull or sculls.

Scull

To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.

Scull

To drink the entire contents of (a drinking vessel) without pausing.

Scull

The skull.

Scull

A shoal of fish.

Scull

A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.

Scull

The common skua gull.

Scull

To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.

Scull

To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

Scull

A long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward

Scull

One of a pair of short-handled oars

Scull

A racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars

Scull

Propel with sculls;
Scull the boat

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