Mast vs. Spar — What's the Difference?

A tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails.

A thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.

The fruit of beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest trees, especially as food for pigs.

A period or bout of sparring.

(with reference to tea) brew or infuse

A close friend

A vertical structure consisting of a spar or several spars affixed end-to-end, rising from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails.

A crystalline, easily cleavable, translucent or transparent mineral.

A single spar serving as a part of such a structure

Make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training

A vertical pole.

(of a gamecock) fight with the feet or spurs.

A tall vertical antenna, as for a radio.

(Nautical) A wooden or metal pole, such as a mast, boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging.

A captain's mast.

A usually metal pole used as part of a crane or derrick.

The nuts of forest trees accumulated on the ground, especially considered as a food source for wildlife or for domestic swine.

A main structural member in an airplane wing or a tail assembly that runs from tip to tip or from root to tip.

A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).

A motion of attack or defense in boxing.

(naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.

A sparring match.

The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.

A nonmetallic, readily cleavable, translucent or transparent light-colored mineral with a shiny luster, such as feldspar.

 The anabolic steroid Drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron

A member of the women's reserve of the US Coast Guard, disbanded as a separate unit in 1946.

A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.

To supply with spars.

To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).

(Obsolete) To fasten with a bolt.

(of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.

To fight with an opponent in a short bout or practice session, as in boxing or the martial arts.

To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.

To make boxing or fighting motions without hitting one's opponent.

The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.

To bandy words about in argument; dispute.

A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.

To fight by striking with the feet and spurs. Used of gamecocks.

The vertical post of a derrick or crane.

A rafter of a roof.

A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.

A thick pole or piece of wood.

To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.

(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.

A vertical spar for supporting sails

(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

Nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.

Nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.

Any sturdy upright pole

(MLE) A friend, a mate, a pal.

(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.

(mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.

To bolt, bar.

(transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

To contest in words; to wrangle.

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.

A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.

Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; - still applied locally to rafters.

The bar of a gate or door.

A contest at sparring or boxing.

A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

To bolt; to bar.

To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.

To contest in words; to wrangle.

Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

A stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging

Making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

Furnish with spars

Fight with spurs;

Box lightly

Fight verbally;