Ferry vs. Boat

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.

Boatnoun

A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.

Boatnoun

(poker slang) A full house.

Boatnoun

A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.

Boatnoun

(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.

Boatnoun

The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.

Boatverb

(intransitive) To travel by boat.

Boatverb

(transitive) To transport in a boat.

Boatverb

(transitive) To place in a boat.

Boatnoun

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

Boatnoun

Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

Boatnoun

A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.

Boatverb

To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

Boatverb

To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

Boatverb

To go or row in a boat.

Boatnoun

a small vessel for travel on water

Boatnoun

a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

Boatverb

ride in a boat on water

Boat

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas.