Definitions, stuff I did not really know

[Finbar Beagle]

I now know the difference between warf and quay

[HenryC]

I like that. I really like that.

It needs a name.  I propose "Definition Matrix".

[Gerry]

There are books out there about nautical language.

[Finbar Beagle]

And water-air temperature with associated risk

[CayugaSailor]

Do you know the difference between flotsam and jetsam?

[Finbar Beagle]

Great question, I am stumped.

[slode]

I have heard flotsam used before.  Had to lookup jetsam.   May be heard to tell the difference unless dead bodies or parts of the Hull or rigging were afloat.

[Jim in TC]

Do you know the difference between flotsam and jetsam?

Flotsam, according to my Sailing dictionary, is anything floating in the water from which there is no response when an offer of a cocktail is made. Jetsam is shipboard refuse unceremoniously dumped over the side with no attention to nautical niceties.

Does that clarify the distinction?

[CayugaSailor]

Flotsam: Floating material not intentionally discarded.

Jetsam: Floating material that has been intentionally discarded, or jettisoned.

I could be wrong. Ask my wife.

[NateD]

Where does "dock" fit in the original matrix? Seems like it would extend from shore but non-permanent structure?