The difference between Boat and Dinghy

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 dinghy means a small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

When used as verbs, boat means to travel by boat, whereas dinghy means to travel by dinghy.

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  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. Dinghy as a noun (nautical):

    A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

  2. Dinghy as a noun (nautical):

    An inflatable rubber life raft.

  1. Dinghy as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel by dinghy.

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