As nouns the difference between steamboat and motorboat
is that
steamboat is a boat or vessel propelled by steam power while
motorboat is (nautical) any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
As verbs the difference between steamboat and motorboat
is that
steamboat is to travel by steamboat while
motorboat is (slang) to place one's head between a woman's breasts and make the sound of a motorboat with one's lips whilst moving the head from side to side.
steamboat English
Noun
( en noun)
A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
- 1870' ''By and by the '''steamboat intruded. Then for fifteen or twenty years, these men continued to run their keelboats down-stream, and the steamers did all of the upstream business, the keelboatmen selling their boats in New Orleans, and returning home as deck passengers in the steamers.'' — Mark Twain, ''Life on the Mississippi ,
Chapter 3.
Synonyms
* steamer, steamship
Verb
( en verb)
To travel by steamboat.
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motorboat English
Noun
( wikipedia motorboat)
( en noun)
(nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
See also
* powerboat
* speedboat
Verb
( en verb)
(slang) To place one's head between a woman's breasts and make the sound of a motorboat with one's lips whilst moving the head from side to side.
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