The difference between Boat and Ferry

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 ferry means a ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Boat and Ferry

  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. Ferry as a noun:

    A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

  2. Ferry as a noun:

    A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.

  3. Ferry as a noun:

    The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.

    Examples:

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  1. Ferry as a verb (transitive):

    To carry; transport; convey.

    Examples:

    "Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety."

  2. Ferry as a verb (transitive):

    To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.

    Examples:

    "Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant."

  3. Ferry as a verb (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.

  4. Ferry as a verb (intransitive):

    To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.

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