Ferry vs. Ship

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.

Shipnoun

A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

Shipnoun

A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.

Shipnoun

A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.

Shipnoun

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

Shipnoun

(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.

Shipnoun

(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.

Shipverb

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

Shipverb

(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

Shipverb

(ambitransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.

Shipverb

(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.

Shipverb

(intransitive) To embark on a ship.

Shipverb

To put in its place.

Shipverb

(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.

Shipverb

(transitive) To pass (from one person to another).

Shipverb

To go all in.

Shipverb

(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.

Shipverb

(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.

Shipverb

(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.

Shipnoun

Pay; reward.

Shipnoun

Any large seagoing vessel.

Shipnoun

Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.

Shipnoun

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

Shipverb

To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

Shipverb

By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

Shipverb

Hence, to send away; to get rid of.

Shipverb

To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

Shipverb

To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

Shipverb

To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

Shipverb

To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

Shipverb

To embark on a ship.

Shipnoun

a vessel that carries passengers or freight

Shipverb

transport commercially

Shipverb

hire for work on a ship

Shipverb

go on board

Shipverb

travel by ship

Shipverb

place on board a ship;

Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying goods or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.