The difference between Boat and Hydroplane

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 hydroplane means a specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.

When used as verbs, boat means to travel by boat, whereas hydroplane means to skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.

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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.
Boat as a noun (poker slang):

A full house.
Boat as a noun:

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

Examples:

"a stone boat;&emsp; a gravy boat'"
Boat as a noun (chemistry):

One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
Boat as a noun (AU, politics, informal):

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

Boat as a verb (intransitive):

To travel by boat.
Boat as a verb (transitive):

To transport in a boat.

Examples:

"to boat goods"
Boat as a verb (transitive):

To place in a boat.

Examples:

"to boat oars"

Hydroplane as a verb:

To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.

Examples:

"Don't drive too fast on wet roads or the car may hydroplane and cause you to lose control of the vehicle."

Hydroplane as a noun (nautical):

A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.
Hydroplane as a noun:

A hydrofoil
Hydroplane as a noun:

A seaplane
Hydroplane as a noun:

The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth.

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