different between sidewheeler vs sternwheeler

English

side +? wheel +? -er

sidewheeler (plural sidewheelers)

(nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a pair of paddle wheels positioned one on each side

From sternwheel +? -er.

sternwheeler (plural sternwheelers)

(nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
- 1998, Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost, Pan 2012, p. 140:
  Williams's steamboat crossed paths with a boat that was at the start of its voyage upstream, a long, boxy sternwheeler with a funnel and pilothouse on its top deck.

Send