schooner vs. sloop

noun

  1. Nautical.,  any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts.

  2. a very tall glass, as for beer.

  3. prairie schooner.

noun

  1. a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.