What's the difference between a ship and a schooner?

Question

What's the difference between a ship and a schooner?

Answer 1

A Schooner is a particular type sail boat, but it's also a ship.  All boats may be ships but only a schooner is a schooner.  Most have bow sprint, and two or more head sails, and two or more mast with fore-and aft sails. Check out Wikipedia under schooners.

Answer 2

Schooner is a sailing reg with smaller mast forward of the main mast> It not really called a ship> Ships are mostly combustible fuel or steam>

Answer 3

A ship can be any vessel over 150' long. A schooner is a particular type of vessel this is a sailing vessel with 2 mast and two spare braced main sails. this vessel is mainly used in shallow waters for moving frieght or for fishing. Today they are mainly used for training of seamen.