Vessel vs. Vehicle

Vesselnoun

(nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.

Vesselnoun

A craft designed for transportation through air or space.

Vesselnoun

Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.

Vesselnoun

A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.

Vesselnoun

A person as a container of qualities or feelings.

Vesselnoun

(biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.

Vesselverb

(transitive) To put into a vessel.

Vesselnoun

A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.

Vesselnoun

A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.

Vesselnoun

Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.

Vesselnoun

Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.

Vesselnoun

A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheæ), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.

Vesselverb

To put into a vessel.

Vesselnoun

a tube in which a body fluid circulates

Vesselnoun

a craft designed for water transportation

Vesselnoun

an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

Vesselnoun

a ship or large boat.

Vesselnoun

a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.

Vesselnoun

(chiefly in biblical use) a person regarded as having or embodying a particular quality

Vesselnoun

a duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid.

Vesselnoun

any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root.

Vehiclenoun

A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.

Vehiclenoun

A medium for expression of talent or views.

Vehiclenoun

A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).

Vehiclenoun

(pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

Vehiclenoun

An entity to achieve an end.

Vehiclenoun

(Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

Vehiclenoun

(Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

Vehiclenoun

That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

Vehiclenoun

That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.

Vehiclenoun

A substance in which medicine is taken.

Vehiclenoun

Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

Vehiclenoun

A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.

Vehiclenoun

a conveyance that transports people or objects

Vehiclenoun

a medium for the expression or achievement of something;

Vehiclenoun

any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

Vehiclenoun

a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart

Vehiclenoun

a thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something

Vehiclenoun

a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it

Vehiclenoun

a film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage

Vehiclenoun

a privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.

Vehicle

A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), amphibious vehicles (screw-propelled vehicle, hovercraft), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters) and spacecraft.Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied.