Cart vs Minecart - What's the difference?
cart | minecart |
A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
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A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
To carry goods.
To carry or convey in a cart.
(obsolete) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
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(video games, informal) A cartridge for a video game system.
As nouns the difference between cart and minecart
is that cart is to split, kill, put (to death) while minecart is a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials.cart
English
(wikipedia cart)Etymology 1
Probably from Old English .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cartwheel * dogcart * go-cart * golf cart * luggage cart * oxcart * pushcart * put the cart before the horse * shopping cartVerb
(en verb)- I've been carting these things around all day .
- She chuckled when a bawd was carted .
References
Etymology 2
Shortened from (cartridge).Noun
(en noun)- My ''Final Fantasy'' cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.