The difference between Ship and Transport

When used as nouns, ship means a water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat, whereas transport means an act of transporting.

When used as verbs, ship means to send by water-borne transport, whereas transport means to carry or bear from one place to another.

check bellow for the other definitions of Ship and Transport

  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”."

  1. Transport as a verb:

    To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

    Examples:

    "to transport goods; to transport troops"

  2. Transport as a verb (historical):

    To deport to a penal colony.

  3. Transport as a verb (figuratively):

    To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

    Examples:

    "Music transports the soul."

  1. Transport as a noun:

    An act of transporting; conveyance.

  2. Transport as a noun:

    The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.

  3. Transport as a noun:

    A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)

  4. Transport as a noun (Canada):

    A tractor-trailer.

  5. Transport as a noun:

    The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.

  6. Transport as a noun:

    A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.

  7. Transport as a noun (historical):

    A deported convict.

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