Boat, vessel, ship, craft are comparable when they denote a floating structure designed to carry persons or goods over water.
Category: Synonyms
Boast vs Brag vs Vaunt vs Crow vs Gasconade
Boast, brag, vaunt, crow, gasconade mean to give vent in speech to one's pride in oneself or something (as family, connections, race, or accomplishments) intimately connected with oneself.
Blush vs Flush
Blush, flush are comparable as verbs primarily when meaning to turn or grow red in the face and as nouns when meaning a turning or growing red in the face.
Bluff vs Blunt vs Brusque vs Curt vs Crusty vs Gruff
Bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, crusty, gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech or manner.
Blossom vs Bloom vs Flower vs Blow
Blossom, bloom, flower, blow are comparable as verbs when meaning to become florescent and as nouns when meaning the period or state of florescence or (except for blow) meaning the florescent part itself.
Bloody vs Sanguinary vs Sanguine vs Sanguineous vs Gory
Bloody, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous, gory are comparable when they mean affected by or involving the shedding of blood.
Blockade vs Siege
Blockade, siege are comparable when denoting an attempt of a belligerent force to break down the resistance of the enemy by preventing egress or ingress of men or entrance of supplies over a considerable period of time.
Blind vs Shade vs Shutter
Blind, shade, shutter mean a device that serves as a screen for a window.
Blind vs Sightless vs Purblind
Blind, sightless, purblind mean lacking or deficient in the power to see or to discriminate objects.
Blemish vs Defect vs Flaw
Blemish, defect, flaw all denote an imperfection.
Blaze vs Flame vs Flare vs Glare vs Glow
Blaze, flame, flare, glare, glow are comparable both as verbs meaning to burn or appear to burn brightly and as nouns denoting a brightly burning light or fire.
Blast vs Blight vs Nip
Blast, blight, nip mean as verbs, to ruin or to injure severely, suddenly, or surprisingly and as nouns, the effect of such ruin or injury.