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Passenger vs Embark - What's the difference?

passenger | embark |

As verbs the difference between passenger and embark

is that passenger is to ride as a passenger in a vehicle while embark is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.

As a noun passenger

is one who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

passenger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
  • *
  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
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  • (label) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
  • (label) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
  • *1599 , (William Shakespeare), , V. iv. 15:
  • *:These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.
  • See also

    * driver * rider

    embark

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
  • :
  • *
  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked , which is disquieting and fussy.
  • To start, begin.
  • :
  • (label) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
  • (label) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
  • :
  • *(Robert South) (1634–1716)
  • *:It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
  • Antonyms

    * disembark

    Derived terms

    * disembarcation * disembarkee