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ketch vs. schooner

ketch

noun

Nautical.
  1. a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.

schooner

noun

  1. Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. ketch, topsail schooner, yawl 1( def 2 ).
  2. a very tall glass, as for beer.