First, lets answer the question; they talk the same (Arrr Matey!), so how can ye tell the difference between a Pirate and a Privateer? From this here website: “Privateering was legal, and in its time generally respected, and often admired. Privateers operated only in wartime and only against enemy shipping. They were, in many ways, in the same business as the navy, which likewise paid its sailors and officers from the proceeds of captured ships. Pirates were stateless criminals who attacked anyone’s ships in peace or war, following their own unique customs and rules which bore no resemblance to elaborately...