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Ferryboat vs Barge - What's the difference?

ferryboat | barge |

Barge is a hyponym of ferryboat.



As nouns the difference between ferryboat and barge

is that ferryboat is a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule while barge is a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

As a verb barge is

to intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

ferryboat

English

Alternative forms

* ferry-boat, ferry boat

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
  • * 1893 , James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter , Vol. 54, page 206
    • He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away
  • * 1940 , LIFE, Sep 2, 1940 , page 59
    • The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.
  • * 1983 , Mary Stiles Kline, George Albert Bayless, Ferryboats: a legend on Puget Sound , link
    • It was on this vessel that the founder of the second largest ferryboat company on Puget Sound...

    barge

    English

    (wikipedia barge)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo
  • A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions
  • A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel
  • One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
  • The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
  • (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
  • (US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * lighter

    Derived terms

    * admiral's barge * bargee * barge in * dumb barge * rowbarge, row barge

    Verb

    (barg)
  • To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
  • To push someone.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=February 1 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the the ball.}}

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