Difference between Galleon and Galley

What is the difference between Galleon and Galley?

Galleon as a noun is a large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks. while Galley as a noun is a ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.

Galleon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

Galley

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

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