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Postage vs Portage - What's the difference?

postage | portage |

As nouns the difference between postage and portage

is that postage is the charge for posting an item while portage is an act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.

As a verb portage is

to carry a boat overland.

postage

Noun

(en noun)
  • The charge for posting an item.
  • The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.
  • Derived terms

    * postage and packaging () * postage due * postage meter * postage rate * postage stamp

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    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
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