The difference between Boat and Craft

When used as nouns, boat means 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, whereas craft means strength.

When used as verbs, boat means to travel by boat, whereas craft means to make by hand and with much skill.

check bellow for the other definitions of Boat and Craft

  1. Boat as a noun:

    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.

  2. Boat as a noun (poker slang):

    A full house.

  3. Boat as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "a stone boat;  a gravy boat'"

  4. Boat as a noun (chemistry):

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

  5. Boat as a noun (AU, politics, informal):

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

  1. Boat as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel by boat.

  2. Boat as a verb (transitive):

    To transport in a boat.

    Examples:

    "to boat goods"

  3. Boat as a verb (transitive):

    To place in a boat.

    Examples:

    "to boat oars"

  1. Craft as a noun (uncountable, obsolete):

    Strength; power; might; force .

  2. Craft as a noun (uncountable):

    Intellectual power; skill; art. Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity . Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception . Occult art, magic .

    Examples:

    "synonyms: craftiness cunning foxiness guile slyness wiliness"

  3. Craft as a noun (countable, obsolete in the general sense):

    A work or product of art . Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

  4. Craft as a noun (countable, obsolete):

    A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

  5. Craft as a noun (countable, obsolete):

    Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts' of the medieval universities .

  6. Craft as a noun (uncountable):

    Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

    Examples:

    "The craft of writing plays."

    "synonyms: craftsmanship workmanship"

  7. Craft as a noun (countable, plural '''crafts'''):

    A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .

    Examples:

    "The carpenter's craft."

    "He learned his craft as an apprentice."

    "synonyms: art trade handicraft business profession"

  8. Craft as a noun (countable):

    A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company' .

    Examples:

    "She represented the craft of [[brewer]]s."

  9. Craft as a noun (countable, plural '''craft'''):

    A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space . Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges. Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants. A woman.

  10. Craft as a noun (countable, fishing):

    Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

  1. Craft as a verb:

    To make by hand and with much skill.

  2. Craft as a verb:

    To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing".

  3. Craft as a verb (video games):

    to combine multiple items to form a new item

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