Difference between Rope and Hawser

What is the difference between Rope and Hawser?

Rope as a noun is thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. while Hawser as a noun is a cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship

Rope

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. An individual length of such material. A cohesive strand of something. A continuous stream. A hard line drive. A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand. A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character. A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second. A necklace of at least 1 meter in length. Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage. A unit of length equal to 20 feet. Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tie (something) with something. To throw a rope around (something).

Hawser

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship

We hope you now know whether to use Rope or Hawser in your sentence.

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