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Taxi vs Cab - What's the difference?

taxi | cab | Synonyms |

Cab is a synonym of taxi.



As nouns the difference between taxi and cab

is that taxi is a vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver while cab is a taxi; a taxicab.

As verbs the difference between taxi and cab

is that taxi is to move an aircraft around an airport under its own power while cab is to travel by taxicab.

As an initialism CAB is

Civil Aeronautics Board

taxi

English

(wikipedia taxi)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
  • (South Africa) A share taxi.

    • Synonyms

    * (vehicle hired for single journeys) cab * (vehicle hired for single journeys) taxicab (from taximeter cabriolet)

    Related terms

    * share taxi * taxicab * taxi driver * taxiless * taxilike * taximeter * taxi pole * taxi stand

    See also

    * hackney cab

    Verb

  • To move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.

    • Related terms

    * taxiway

    References

    1000 English basic words ----

    cab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A taxi; a taxicab.
  • Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver
  • Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower
  • Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty)
    • Captain went out in the cab' all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the ' cab . Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two it all fitted well. There was no check-rein, no curb, nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!
    Derived terms
    * cabbie * cabdriver * hackney cab * king cab * Hansom cab * sleeper cab * crew cab

    Verb

    (cabb)
  • To travel by taxicab.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * kab

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure, held by some to have been about 1.4 liters, by others about 2.4 liters.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.3:

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (video games, informal) An arcade cabinet; the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
    • References
    * [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups/search?q=%22arcade+cabs%22&btnG=Search&sitesearch=groups.google.com]

    Anagrams

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