Bow vs stern: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: Bow or stern

How to spell Bow?

Bow
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stern
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Bownoun

a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

Bownoun

bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

Bownoun

an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience

Bownoun

something curved in shape

Bowverb

yield to another's wish or opinion

Bowverb

bend one's back forward from the waist on down

Bownoun

front part of a vessel or aircraft

Bowverb

bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head

Bownoun

a decorative interlacing of ribbons

Bownoun

a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments

Bownoun

a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments

Bownoun

a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow

Bowverb

bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting

Bowverb

play on a stringed instrument with a bow

sternadjective

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

sternadjective

severe and unremitting in making demands

sternnoun

the rear part of a ship

sternnoun

United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

sternadjective

severely simple

sternadjective

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

sternnoun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

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