different between galleot vs galliot

English

galleot (plural galleots)

From French galiote, from Italian galeotta, diminutive of galea; see also galley, jolly boat.

galliot (plural galliots)

(nautical) A light galley.
- 1815, State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States: 1797, page 511,
  Having seen the minutes of the proceedings on the capture of the galliot the Betsy of Washington, North Carolina, captain Reynold Brown, taken the 5th of this month by the French privateer le Poisson Volant (Flying Fish) captain Thomas de Haunot— […] .

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