different between frigate vs battleship

English

Etymology

From French frégate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???.?t/
• Rhymes: -???t

Noun

frigate (plural frigates)

1. (nautical) An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle.
2. (nautical) A 19th-century warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship.
3. (nautical) A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose.
4. A frigatebird.
   • 2008, Anthony S. Cheke, Julian Pender Hume, Lost Land of the Dodo

     These frigates are all so lazy, that they perch by day on the trees, at the edge of the sea, awaiting the other birds […]

Coordinate terms

• destroyer
• corvette
• sloop
• ship of the line
• third rate
• second rate
• first rate
• stone frigate

Derived terms

• frigatebird
• stone frigate

Translations

Anagrams

• Freitag

English

Etymology

battle +? ship; shortened from line-of-battle ship, attested 1794.

Noun

battleship (plural battleships)

1. (military) Large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns. Battleships are now obsolescent, replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
2. Non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
3. A guessing game played on grid paper, see Battleship (game)

Hyponyms

(type of warship):

• dreadnought
• pre-dreadnought
• semi-dreadnought
• super-dreadnought

Derived terms

Related terms

• battlecruiser

Translations

See also

• dreadnought
• cruiser
• destroyer
• frigate
• sloop
• corvette
• monitor
• gunboat
• aircraft carrier

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “battleship”, in Online Etymology Dictionary