The difference between Boat and Skiff

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 skiff means a small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.

When used as verbs, boat means to travel by boat, whereas skiff means to navigate in a skiff.

Skiff is also adjective with the meaning: distorted.

check bellow for the other definitions of Boat and Skiff

  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. Skiff as a noun:

    A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.

  2. Skiff as a noun:

    Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

  3. Skiff as a noun (weather):

    A light wind/rain/snow, etc.

    Examples:

    "A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back."

  4. Skiff as a noun (slang):

    Someone (typically a redneck or fisherman) who has a degree of intelligence, but believes they are more than they actually are.

  1. Skiff as a verb:

    to navigate in a skiff.

  1. Skiff as a noun (weather, Nova Scotia):

    a deep blanket of snow covering the ground

  1. Skiff as an adjective (dialect):

    distorted; awkward

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