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Shuttle vs Convey - What's the difference?

shuttle | convey |

As verbs the difference between shuttle and convey

is that shuttle is to go back and forth between two places while convey is to transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.

As a noun shuttle

is (weaving) the part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.

shuttle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (weaving) The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.
  • * Sandys
  • Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide / My feathered hours.
  • The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
  • A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places, sometimes more.
  • Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.
  • *2004 , Dawn of the Dead, 1:14:20:
  • *:You're saying we take the parking shuttles, reinforce them with aluminum siding and then head to the gun store where our friend Andy plays some cowboy-movie, jump-on-the-wagon bullshit.
  • Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points (such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle ).
  • A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
  • Usage notes

    Strictly speaking, a shuttle goes back and forth between two places. However, the term is also used more generally for short-haul transport that may be one-way or have multiple stops (including shared ride or loop), particularly for airport buses; compare loose usage of (m).

    Verb

    (shuttl)
  • To go back and forth between two places.
  • To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.
  • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * ----

    convey

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Convey me to my bed, then to my grave.
    Air conveys''' sound; words '''convey ideas.
  • To communicate; to make known; to portray.
  • to convey''' an impression; to '''convey information
  • * John Locke
  • Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts.
  • (legal) To transfer legal rights (to).
  • He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.
  • * Spenser
  • The Earl of Desmond secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust.
  • (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I will convey the business as I shall find means.
  • (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
  • Synonyms

    * (to convey a message) send, relay

    Derived terms

    * conveyable * conveyance * conveyee * conveyer * conveyor