Pirogue vs. Kayak — What's the Difference?

A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and native canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish piragua [piˈɾaɣwa], which comes from the Carib piraua.

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]).

A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk; a piragua.

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.

Any of various boats usually propelled by paddling or poling, especially a light flatbottom boat with pointed ends.

Travel in or use a kayak

A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.

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.

A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.

To go, travel, or race in a kayak.

(Cajun cooking) A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood.

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

A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat.

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

A canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

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

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

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.

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

Travel in a small canoe;