Ship vs. Boat

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.

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.