Aft vs. Stern

Aftnoun

(nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.

Aftnoun

: the time of day from noon until early evening.

Aftadverb

(nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

Aftadjective

located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane

Aftadverb

Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

Aftadjective

(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail

Aftadverb

at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;

Aft

, in nautical terminology, is an adjective or adverb meaning 'towards the stern (rear) of the ship', when the frame of reference is within the ship, headed at the fore. For example, or .

Sternadjective

Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

Sternadjective

Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Sternnoun

(nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.

Sternnoun

(figurative) The post of management or direction.

Sternnoun

The hinder part of anything.

Sternnoun

The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.

Sternnoun

A bird, the black tern.

Sternnoun

The black tern.

Sternnoun

The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.

Sternnoun

The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.

Sternnoun

Fig.: The post of management or direction.

Sternnoun

The hinder part of anything.

Sternnoun

The tail of an animal; - now used only of the tail of a dog.

Sternadjective

Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.

Sternadjective

Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.

Sternnoun

the rear part of a ship

Sternnoun

United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

Sternnoun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Sternadjective

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

Sternadjective

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;

Sternadjective

severe and unremitting in making demands;

Stern

The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship.