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Bus vs Tractor - What's the difference?

bus | tractor |

As a verb bus

is .

As a noun tractor is

(label) a vehicle used in farms eg for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

bus

English

(wikipedia bus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
  • An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
  • (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
  • Synonyms

    * (vehicle) coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, omnibus * (electrical conductor) electrical bus, busbar, digit trunk

    Derived terms

    {{der3, booze bus , busbar , bus duct , bus lane , short bus , bus route , bus stop , bustitution , back end of a bus, look like the back end of a bus}}

    Verb

  • (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
  • (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly, US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
  • (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
  • (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
  • He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
  • (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
  • He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

    Usage notes

    The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings (buses), (busing), and (bused), implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.

    Derived terms

    * (clear meal remains) busboy

    tractor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
  • (label) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
  • Any piece of machinery, any thing that pulls something.
  • (label) (aircraft configuration) An airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage
  • A locomotive.
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  • (label) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
  • See also

    * (aviation) pusher * (agriculture) traction engine