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Barge vs Wherry - What's the difference?

barge | wherry |

As nouns the difference between barge and wherry

is that barge is a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo while wherry is a light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways.

As a verb barge

is to intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

barge

English

(wikipedia barge)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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)

    Synonyms

    * lighter

    Derived terms

    * admiral's barge * bargee * barge in * dumb barge * rowbarge, row barge

    Verb

    (barg)
  • To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
  • To push someone.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=February 1 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the the ball.}}

    Anagrams

    * ----

    wherry

    English

    (wikipedia wherry)

    Noun

    (wherries)
  • A light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways.
  • A flat-bottomed vessel previously employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats.
  • * 1789 ,
    • Here I used to enjoy myself in playing about the bridge stairs, and often in the watermen's wherries', with other boys. On one of these occasions there was another boy with me in a '''wherry''', and we went out into the current of the river: while we were there two more stout boys came to us in another '''wherry''', and, abusing us for taking the boat, desired me to get into the other '''wherry'''-boat. Accordingly I went to get out of the ' wherry I was in; but just as I had got one of my feet into the other boat the boys shoved it off, so that I fell into the Thames; and, not being able to swim, I should unavoidably have been drowned, but for the assistance of some watermen who providentially came to my relief.
  • * 1928 ,
    • The river was astir early and late with barges, wherries , and craft of every description.
  • A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted.

    • See also

    * ferry