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Boxcar vs Tanker - What's the difference?

boxcar | tanker |

As a noun boxcar

is an enclosed railroad freight car, especially one with a sliding door (traditionally used by hobos).

As a verb tanker is

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boxcar

English

Noun

(wikipedia boxcar) (en noun)
  • An enclosed railroad freight car, especially one with a sliding door (traditionally used by hobos).

    • Derived terms

    * boxcar function

    Synonyms

    * goods van (UK)

    See also

    * flatcar

    tanker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
  • A tank truck (US) or fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker (UK)
  • (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
  • A longboard.
    • I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip

    Synonyms

    * (military) tankman, tankist * (military) trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier * (military) zipperhead (Canadian military slang)

    Derived terms

    * oil tanker * petrol tanker Truck with a container for transporting fuel.