The difference between Boat and Ship

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 ship means a water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

When used as verbs, boat means to travel by boat, whereas ship means to send by water-borne transport.

check bellow for the other definitions of Boat and Ship

  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. Ship as a noun:

    A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

  2. Ship as a noun (chiefly, in combination):

    A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.

  3. Ship as a noun (archaic, nautical, formal):

    A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.

  4. Ship as a noun:

    A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tyndale"

  5. Ship as a noun (cartomancy):

    The third card of the Lenormand deck.

  1. Ship as a verb (transitive):

    To send by water-borne transport.

  2. Ship as a verb (transitive):

    To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

    Examples:

    "to ship freight by railroad"

  3. Ship as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To release a product to vendors; to launch.

    Examples:

    "Our next issue ships early next year."

    "The developers had to ship the game two weeks late."

  4. Ship as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To engage to serve on board a vessel.

    Examples:

    "to ship seamen"

    "I shipped on a man-of-war."

  5. Ship as a verb (intransitive):

    To embark on a ship.

  6. Ship as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To put in its place.

    Examples:

    "to ship the tiller or rudder"

  7. Ship as a verb (transitive):

    To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.

    Examples:

    "We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize."

  8. Ship as a verb (transitive):

    To pass (from one person to another).

    Examples:

    "Can you ship me the ketchup?"

  9. Ship as a verb (poker slang, ambitransitive):

    To go all in.

  10. Ship as a verb (sports):

    To trade or send a player to another team.

    Examples:

    "Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers."

  11. Ship as a verb (rugby):

    To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.

  1. Ship as a noun (fandom):

    A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.

  1. Ship as a verb (fandom):

    To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.

    Examples:

    "I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”."

    "I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”."

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