Ferry vs. Barge

Ferrynoun

A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

Ferrynoun

A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.

Ferrynoun

The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.

Ferryverb

(transitive) To carry; transport; convey.

Ferryverb

(transitive) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.

Ferryverb

(transitive) To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.

Ferryverb

(intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.

Ferryverb

To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

Ferryverb

To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids to and from school.

Ferryverb

To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.

Ferrynoun

A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.

Ferrynoun

A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

Ferrynoun

A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.

Ferrynoun

a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

Ferrynoun

transport by boat or aircraft

Ferryverb

transport from one place to another

Ferryverb

transport by ferry

Ferryverb

travel by ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi.

Bargenoun

A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Bargenoun

A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

Bargenoun

A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.

Bargenoun

One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars

Bargenoun

The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.

Bargenoun

(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

Bargenoun

A large omnibus used for excursions.

Bargeverb

To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

Bargeverb

(transitive) To push someone.

Bargenoun

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

Bargenoun

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

Bargenoun

A large boat used by flag officers.

Bargenoun

A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

Bargenoun

A large omnibus used for excursions.

Bargenoun

a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

Bargeverb

push one's way;

Bargeverb

transport by barge on a body of water

Barge

A barge is a shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of bulk goods. Originally barges were towed by draft horses on an adjacent towpath.