Boat vs Bog - What's the difference?
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A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
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A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
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(lb) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
To travel by boat.
To transport in a boat.
To place in a boat.
An expanse of marshland.
(Ireland, British, New Zealand, coarse, slang) A toilet.
(US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
(informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
(transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
To go away.
As nouns the difference between boat and bog
is that boat is a craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind while bog is an expanse of marshland.As verbs the difference between boat and bog
is that boat is to travel by boat while bog is to become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.boat
English
(wikipedia boat)Noun
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Usage notes
There is no explicit limit, but the word boat usually refers to a relatively small watercraft, smaller than a ship but larger than a dinghy.Synonyms
* (craft on or in water) craft, ship, vesselHyponyms
(Terms denoting specific kinds of boat) * (A craft on or in water) ark, bangca, barge, canoe, catamaran, caravel, carrack, coracle, cruiser, cutter, dhow, dinghy, dory, dragon boat, Dutch barge, East Indiaman, felucca, ferry, ferryboat, fishing boat, flatboat, folding boat, galley, galleon, gig, go-fast boat, gondola, guardboat, gunboat, houseboat, hovercraft, hydrofoil, hydroplane, iceboat, inflatable boat, inflatable raft, jetboat, jetski, junk, , kayak, keelboat, ketch, lifeboat, log boat, longboat, luxemotor, mackinaw boat, mailboat, motorboat, motorsailer, narrowboat, Norfolk wherry, outrigger canoe, paddleboat, peniche, pinnace, policeboat, powerboat, raft, rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB), riverboat, rowboat, sailboat, schooner, scow, seaboat, sealship, Seiner, ship of the line, skiff, sloop, steamboat, submarine, surfboat, swan boat, tender, tjalk, trawler, trireme, trimaran, troller, tug, tugboat, U-boat, wangkang, water taxi, whaleboat, yacht, yawlDerived terms
* boatable * boatage * boatbill * boatbuilder * boatel, botel * boater * boatful * boathook * boathouse * boatie * boating * boatless * boatlift * boatload * boatman, boatsman * boatmanship, boatsmanship * boatneck * boatslip * boatswain * boatswainbird * boattail * boatwoman * boatwright * boatyard * burn one's boats * float someone's boat * gravy boat * houseboat * in the same boat * longtail boat * miss the boat * narrowboat, narrow boat * push the boat out * rock the boat * speedboat * twist-boat * U-boatSee also
*References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
(en verb)- to boat goods
- to boat oars
