Main Difference
The main difference between Rope and Hawser is that the Rope is a linear collection of plies, yarns or strands which are twisted or braided together and Hawser is a Mooring line.
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Rope
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibers or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, string, and twine.
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Hawser
Hawser is a nautical term for a thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.
A hawser passes through a hawsehole, also known as a cat hole, located on the hawse.
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Rope (noun)
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. t
“Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.”
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Rope (noun)
An individual length of such material.
“The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.”
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Rope (noun)
A cohesive strand of something.
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Rope (noun)
A continuous stream.
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Rope (noun)
A hard line drive.
“He hit a rope past third and into the corner.”
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Rope (noun)
A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
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Rope (noun)
A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
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Rope (noun)
A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.s
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Rope (noun)
A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
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Rope (noun)
Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
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Rope (noun)
A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
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Rope (noun)
Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
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Rope (noun)
A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
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Rope (noun)
The small intestines.
“the ropes of birds”
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Rope (verb)
To tie (something) with something.
“The robber roped the victims.”
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Rope (verb)
To throw a rope around (something).
“The cowboy roped the calf.”
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Rope (verb)
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
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Rope (verb)
To commit suicide
“My life is a mess, I might as well rope.”
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Hawser (noun)
a cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship