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Drought - A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. Draught - A current of cool air in a room or other confined space
by joncrocks 3y ago
Drought - A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.
Draught - A current of cool air in a room or other confined space
- Symbiote 3y agoDraught means the depth of water needed to float a vessel (from the waterline to the bottom of the hull). Americans spell the word "draft".
- tialaramex 3y agoDraught is correctly used in this article to mean the depth of water required to make a ship float. In American English this word would be spelled as it sounds, "draft" but not everybody is an American. That's why the article uses both Draught and Drought, because these are Draught regulations (heaviest ships can't use the system) caused by a Drought (unusual dry period). Since you chose an unrelated meaning of Draught I can't tell if you actually knew this and are joking.