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One, "flotsam" is something that floats whilst "jetsam" was something purposely jettisoned overboard and probably intended to sink. I made that up! |
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flotsam is stuff that floats in the sea after a ship goes down. jetsam is stuff that is deliberately sent to float by the sips crew (like from a submarine to hoodwink the enemy into thinking it had been sunk) |
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'Jetsam' has been voluntarily cast into the sea by the crew of a ship, usually in order to lighten it in an emergency; while 'flotsam' describes goods that are floating on the water without having been thrown in deliberately, often after a shipwreck Ligan (or lagan), describes goods that have been marked by being tied to a buoy so that its owner can find and retrieve it later. Derelict is property which has been abandoned and deserted at sea by those who were in charge |
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