The difference between Boat and Tug

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 tug means a sudden powerful pull.

When used as verbs, boat means to travel by boat, whereas tug means to pull or drag with great effort.

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  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. Tug as a verb (transitive):

    to pull or drag with great effort

    Examples:

    "The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub."

  2. Tug as a verb (transitive):

    to pull hard repeatedly

    Examples:

    "He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter."

  3. Tug as a verb (transitive):

    to tow by tugboat

  1. Tug as a noun:

    a sudden powerful pull

  2. Tug as a noun (nautical):

    a tugboat

  3. Tug as a noun (obsolete):

    A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Halliwell"

  4. Tug as a noun:

    A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

  5. Tug as a noun (mining):

    An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

  6. Tug as a noun (slang):

    An act of masturbation

    Examples:

    "He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date."

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