What's the difference between a sled and a sledge?
The same with sledding and sledging?
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A SLED HAS FIXED RUNNERSA SLEDGE HAS STEERABLE RUNNERS
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hasnt got a g in in!I think they're just different names referring to the same thing. No difference.
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Dictionary definitions show that 'Sled' was the original noun of Germanic origin, whereas Sleigh (America) or Sledge (British) are derivatives:SLED noun, verb, sled‧ded, sled‧ding.
–noun 1. a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
2. a sledge. –verb (used without object)
3. to coast, ride, or be carried on a sled.
–verb (used with object) 4. to convey by sled.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME sledde < MD; akin to G Schlitten sled, sleigh; cf. slide]
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SLEIGH
–noun 1. a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used esp. for transporting persons over snow or ice.
2. a sled. –verb (used without object)
3. to travel or ride in a sleigh.
[Origin: 1690–1700, American; < D slee, var. of slede sled; cf. slide]
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SLEDGE
noun, verb, sledged, sledg‧ing.
–noun 1. a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc.
2. a sled.
3. British. a sleigh. –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to convey or travel by sledge. –verb (used without object)
5. British. to sleigh.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < dial. D sleeds, deriv. of slede sled; cf. sleigh]
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