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Chauffeur vs Taxi - What's the difference?

chauffeur | taxi |

As nouns the difference between chauffeur and taxi

is that chauffeur is a person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine) while taxi is a vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.

As verbs the difference between chauffeur and taxi

is that chauffeur is to be, or act as, a chauffeur driver of a motor car while taxi is to move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.

chauffeur

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
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  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=3 citation , passage=He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur , since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.}}
  • (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.
  • Usage notes

    As the French word has masculine gender, a female chauffeur is sometimes called a chauffeuse or, jocularly, a chauffeuress.

    Hypernyms

    * (both senses) driver

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
  • To transport (someone) in a motor car.
  • taxi

    English

    (wikipedia taxi)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
  • (South Africa) A share taxi.
  • Synonyms

    * (vehicle hired for single journeys) cab * (vehicle hired for single journeys) taxicab (from taximeter cabriolet)

    See also

    * hackney cab

    Verb

  • To move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.
  • References

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