The difference between Boat and Gig

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 gig means a performing engagement by a musical group.

When used as verbs, boat means to travel by boat, whereas gig means to fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.

check bellow for the other definitions of Boat and Gig

  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. Gig as a noun (informal, music):

    A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.

    Examples:

    "I caught one of the Rolling Stones' first gigs in Richmond''."

    "Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?"

  2. Gig as a noun (informal, by extension):

    Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.

    Examples:

    "I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn't my style so I left''."

    "Hey, that guy's got a great gig over at the bike shop. He hardly works all day"

  3. Gig as a noun:

    A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.

  4. Gig as a noun (historical):

    A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.

  5. Gig as a noun (South England):

    A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

  6. Gig as a noun (US, military):

    A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.

    Examples:

    "I received gigs for having buttons undone."

  1. Gig as a verb:

    To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.

  2. Gig as a verb:

    To engage in musical performances.

    Examples:

    "The Stones were gigging around Richmond at the time"

  3. Gig as a verb:

    To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.

    Examples:

    "His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school."

  4. Gig as a verb (US, military):

    To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.

    Examples:

    "His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk."

  1. Gig as a noun (colloquial, computing):

    A gigabyte.

    Examples:

    "This picture is almost a gig; don't you wanna resize it?"

    "How much music does it hold?'' ''A hundred and twenty gigs."

    "lb computing - ''My new computer has over 500 gigs of hard drive space."

  2. Gig as a noun (slang):

    Any unit having the SI prefix giga-

  1. Gig as a noun:

    A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

  1. Gig as a verb:

    To engender.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

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