Steering vs. Rowing — What's the Difference?

Steering is a system of components, linkages, etc. that allows a vehicle to follow a desired course.

Rowing is the act of propelling a boat using the motion of oars in the water by displacing water to propel the boat forward. Rowing and paddling are similar.

To guide (a vessel or vehicle), especially by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or wheel

A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.

To set and follow (a course)

A succession without a break or gap in time

To direct the course of

A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.

To advise or direct (a person) toward a place or course of action

A continuous line of buildings along a street.

To guide a vessel or vehicle.

The act or an instance of rowing.

To follow or move in a set course.

A shift at the oars of a boat.

To admit of being steered or guided

A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.

A piece of advice

A noisy or quarrel or disturbance.

Present participle of steer

A loud noise.

Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer.

To place in a row.

The act of guiding or showing the way

To use an oar or pair of oars in propelling a boat, typically by facing the stern and pulling the oar handle toward oneself, using an oarlock as a fulcrum to push the blade backward through the water repeatedly.

The act of setting and holding a course;

To propel (a boat) with oars.

The act of steering a ship

To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.

To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).

To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.

To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.

To race against by rowing.

To take part in a noisy quarrel or disturbance.

Present participle of row

Present participle of row

The action of the verb to row.

The action of propelling a boat with oars.

The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.

The act of having a row, or argument.

The act of rowing as a sport