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Naval terms for fighting ships are notoriously fluid. These days you've got destroyers that are far bigger than frigates, and nearly the same size as cruisers.
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
Naval terms for fighting ships are notoriously fluid. These days you've got destroyers that are far bigger than frigates, and nearly the same size as cruisers.
- bell-cot 5y agoTrue. But when the journalists (who laypeople mostly learn about such things from) are very biased toward using the most grandiose terms and interpretations of things that they can get away with - it's no surprise that laypeople have no understanding of even the basic vocabulary.