The difference between Cab and Hackney cab
When used as nouns, cab means a taxi, whereas hackney cab means a carriage pulled by a hackney horse, available for public hire.
Cab is also verb with the meaning: to travel by taxicab.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cab and Hackney cab
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Cab as a noun:
A taxi; a taxicab.
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Cab as a noun:
Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver
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Cab as a noun:
Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower
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Cab as a noun:
Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet
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Cab as a verb:
To travel by taxicab.
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Cab as a noun (historical, _, units of measure):
A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3L as a dry measure or 1¼L as a liquid measure.
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Cab as a noun (video games, informal):
An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
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Hackney cab as a noun (historical):
a carriage pulled by a hackney horse, available for public hire.
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Hackney cab as a noun (currently):
a motorised vehicle available for public hire.