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Portage vs Conveyance - What's the difference?

portage | conveyance |

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

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (Bishop Fell)
  • Carrying capacity; tonnage.
  • (Hakluyt)
  • The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
  • A porthole.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (portag)
  • (nautical) To carry a boat overland
  • Anagrams

    * *

    conveyance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * conveyaunce

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • *
  • *: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.
  • Verb

    (conveyanc)
  • (legal) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.