Trawler vs Barge - What's the difference?
trawler | barge |
A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
A fisherman who uses a trawl net.
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions
A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
(US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
(Webster 1913)
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
To push someone.
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Barge is a hyponym of trawler.
As nouns the difference between trawler and barge
is that trawler is a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish while barge is a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.As a verb barge is
to intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.trawler
English
Noun
(en noun)See also
* troller ----barge
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(wikipedia barge)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* lighterDerived terms
* admiral's barge * bargee * barge in * dumb barge * rowbarge, row bargeVerb
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