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Lorry vs Tanker - What's the difference?

lorry | tanker |

As nouns the difference between lorry and tanker

is that lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck while tanker is a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.

As a verb lorry

is to soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.

lorry

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(lorries)
  • (British) A motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck.
  • (obsolete) A large low horse-drawn wagon.
  • (dated) A small cart or wagon, as used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
  • (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

    • Synonyms

    * (motor vehicle for goods transport) rig, tractor trailer, truck (US), hauler

    Descendants

    * Malay: (l)

    Verb

  • To soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.

    • 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.