The difference between Cab and Taxi

When used as nouns, cab means a taxi, whereas taxi means a vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.

When used as verbs, cab means to travel by taxicab, whereas taxi means to move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cab and Taxi

  1. Cab as a noun:

    A taxi; a taxicab.

  2. Cab as a noun:

    Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver

  3. Cab as a noun:

    Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower

  4. Cab as a noun:

    Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet

  1. Cab as a verb:

    To travel by taxicab.

  1. 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.

  1. Cab as a noun (video games, informal):

    An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.

  1. Taxi as a noun:

    A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.

  2. Taxi as a noun (South Africa):

    A share taxi.

  1. Taxi as a verb:

    To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.

    Examples:

    "'taxi down the runway"

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