Portage vs Conveyance - What's the difference?
portage | conveyance |
An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
The route used for such carrying.
A charge made for carrying something.
Carrying capacity; tonnage.
The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
A porthole.
(nautical) To carry a boat overland
An act or instance of conveying.
#(lb) A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.
#*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
#*:She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me.
A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
(legal) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
As nouns the difference between portage and conveyance
is that portage is an act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways while conveyance is an act or instance of conveying.As verbs the difference between portage and conveyance
is that portage is (nautical) to carry a boat overland while conveyance is (legal|transitive) to transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.portage
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