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Taxi vs Cabman - What's the difference?

taxi | cabman |

As nouns the difference between taxi and cabman

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

As a verb taxi

is to move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.

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 ----

    cabman

    English

    Noun

    (cabmen)
  • The driver of a hackney cab.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 22
    • At length we saw a four-wheeler drive up. Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris. And down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools. Morris paid the cabman , who touched his hat and drove away.
  • The driver of a taxi.

    • Synonyms

    * cabdriver