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Vessel vs. Abeam — What's the Difference?

Vessel vs. Abeam — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Vessel and Abeam

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Vessel

A ship or large boat.

Abeam

At right angles to the keel of a ship.

Vessel

A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.

Abeam

Alongside or at right angles to
The ship drew abeam the cove.

Vessel

A duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid.
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Abeam

On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.

Vessel

A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.

Abeam

Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.

Vessel

(Nautical) A craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.

Abeam

Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
The island was directly abeam of us.

Vessel

An airship.

Abeam

Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).

Vessel

(Anatomy) A duct, canal, or other tube that contains or conveys a body fluid
A blood vessel.

Abeam

(nautical) Alongside.
She came abeam the crippled ship.

Vessel

(Botany) One of the tubular water-conducting structures of xylem, consisting of a series of vessel elements attached end to end and connected by perforations. Vessels are found in nearly all flowering plants.

Abeam

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

Vessel

A person seen as the agent or embodiment, as of a quality
A vessel of mercy.

Abeam

At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane

Vessel

(nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.

Vessel

A craft designed for transportation through air or space.

Vessel

Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.

Vessel

A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.

Vessel

A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
A teacher should be a vessel of knowledge.

Vessel

(biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.

Vessel

(transitive) To put into a vessel.

Vessel

A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
[They drank] out of these noble vessels.

Vessel

A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
[He] began to build a vessel of huge bulk.

Vessel

Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
He is a chosen vessel unto me.
[The serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whomTo enter.

Vessel

Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.

Vessel

A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheæ), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.

Vessel

To put into a vessel.

Vessel

A tube in which a body fluid circulates

Vessel

A craft designed for water transportation

Vessel

An object used as a container (especially for liquids)

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