What (if anything) is the difference between the displacement of a ship and the weight of a ship? If they are the same why are there two different terms?

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What (if anything) is the difference between the displacement of a ship and the weight of a ship? If they are the same why are there two different terms?

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The previous answer is correct.

In addition the weight of the water displaced must be greater than the actual weight of the boat for there to be buoyancy.

If the boat weighs more than the water it displaces does, it will sink.

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