Difference between Paddle and Oar

What is the difference between Paddle and Oar?

Paddle as a verb is to propel something through water with a paddle, oar or hands. while Oar as a verb is to row; to propel with oars.

Paddle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To propel something through water with a paddle, oar or hands. To row a boat with less than one's full capacity. To spank with a paddle. To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside. To toddle To toy or caress using hands or fingers

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat. A double-bladed oar used for kayaking. Time spent on paddling. A slat of a paddleboat's wheel. A paddlewheel. A blade of a waterwheel. A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside. A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc. A bat-shaped spanking implement A ping-pong bat. A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming. In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water. A group of inerts

Oar

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To row; to propel with oars.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.

We hope you now know whether to use Paddle or Oar in your sentence.

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