Collision v allision

In maritime terms there is a difference between a collision and an allision.

When two moving objects strike each other, that is a collision.

When a moving object strikes a stationary object, that is an allision.

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  1. I bet you’ll have a bunch of folks visiting your page now! The debacle, urrrrr, allusion of two carnival cruise ships was yesterday. ?

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