Ship vs Arch - What's the difference?
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A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
(chiefly, in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
(archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
(label) To send by water-borne transport.
* (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (label) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
(label) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) ,
(label) To embark on a ship.
To put in its place.
(label) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
(label) To pass (from one person to another).
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport
, title= To go all in.
(label) To trade or send a player to another team.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport
, title= (fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two persons, either real or themselves fictional.
(fandom) To write fiction that includes fictional romantic relationships between two persons, either real or themselves fictional.
(senseid)An inverted U shape.
An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
(senseid)(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
(archaic, geometry) An arc; a part of a curve.
To form into an arch shape
To cover with an arch or arches.
(senseid) Knowing, clever, mischievous.
* Tatler
* 1906 , O. Henry,
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Principal; primary.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A chief.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between ship and arch
is that ship is a water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat or ship can be (fandom) a fictional romantic relationship between two persons, either real or themselves fictional while arch is (senseid)an inverted u shape or arch can be (obsolete) a chief.As verbs the difference between ship and arch
is that ship is (label) to send by water-borne transport or ship can be (fandom) to write fiction that includes fictional romantic relationships between two persons, either real or themselves fictional while arch is to form into an arch shape.As an adjective arch is
(senseid) knowing, clever, mischievous.ship
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ship, schip, from (etyl) scip, from (etyl) . (cognates) Cognate with (etyl) skip, (etyl) schip, (etyl) Schiff, (etyl) .Alternative forms
* shippe (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- (Tyndale)
Usage notes
* The singular form (term) is sometimes used without any , producing such sentences as "In all, we spent three weeks aboard ship." and "Abandon ship!". (Similar patterns may be seen with many place nouns, such as (camp), (home), (work), and (school), but the details vary between them.) * Ships are traditionally regarded as feminine and the pronouns (her) and (she) are normally used instead of (it).Hyponyms
*Derived terms
* abandon ship * airship * battleship * cargo ship * coffin ship * cruise ship * escort ship * fireship * Her Majesty's Ship, His Majesty's Ship * jump ship * merchant ship * midship, midships * mother ship * sailing ship * ship ahoy! * shipboard * ship-breaker * shipbuilder * shipbuilding * ship canal * ship chandler * ship fever * shipload * shipmate * shipmaster * shipowner * ship's company * shipshape * ships that pass in the night * ship-to-shore * shipwise * shipwreck * shipwright * shipyard * sinking ship * sister ship * slave ship * spaceship * starship * tall ship * tight ship * transport ship * warshipVerb
(shipp)- The timber wasshipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
- With finger pointed and eye levelled at the Pequod, the beggar-like stranger stood a moment, as if in a troubled reverie; then starting a little, turned and said:—“Ye’ve shipped , have ye? Names down on the papers? Well, well, what’s signed, is signed; and what’s to be, will be;
Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, passage=And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.}}
Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland, passage=England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men.}}
Derived terms
* shipment * shippage (rare)Etymology 2
From (relationship).Noun
(en noun)Verb
(shipp)- I ship Kirk and Spock in my ''Star Trek'' fan fiction.
See also
* -shipStatistics
*Anagrams
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* 1000 English basic wordsarch
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(es)- to pass into the arch of a bridge
References
*Verb
- The cat arched its back
Etymology 2
From the prefix . "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc.Adjective
(er)- I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
- [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
- A certain melancholy that touched her countenance must have been of recent birth, for it had not yet altered the fine and youthful contours of her cheek, nor subdued the arch though resolute curve of her lips.
- Lassiter ended there with dry humor, yet behind that was meaning. Jane blushed and made arch eyes at him.
- the most arch act of piteous massacre
Derived terms
* (l)Noun
(es)- My worthy arch and patron comes to-night.