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Tram vs Coach - What's the difference?

tram | coach |

In transitive terms the difference between tram and coach

is that tram is to transport (material) by tram while coach is to convey in a coach.

tram

English

Etymology 1

Probably from (etyl) trame. The popular derivation from tramway builder is false: the term pre-dated him.

Noun

(wikipedia tram) (en noun)
  • (UK, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road.
  • A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
  • * 1789 , , centenary edition, 1971, ISBN 304-93570-0.)
    • Trams''' are a kind of sledge on which coals are brought from the place where they are hewn to the shaft. A '''tram has four wheels but a sledge is without wheels.
  • (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
    • (De Quincey)
  • (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
  • (UK, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad.
    • Synonyms
    * (passenger vehicle) streetcar
    Derived terms
    * shoot through like a Bondi tram * tramline * tramway
    See also
    * cablecar * light rail * streetcar * trolley car

    Verb

    (tramm)
  • To transport (material) by tram.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) trama weft, or (etyl) trame.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

    • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    coach

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  • (rail) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
  • A trainer or instructor.
  • (British) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.
  • (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach .
  • That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.
    • John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

    Synonyms

    * (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power) carriage * (railroad car drawn by a locomotive) carriage

    Derived terms

    * coachable * coach and horses * coachbuilder * coach dog * coacher * coach horse * coach lamp * coachman * coachmaster * coach roof * coachwork * head coach * life coach * roach coach * slip coach * stagecoach

    Verb

    (es)
  • (sports) To train.
  • To instruct; to train.
    • She has coached many opera stars.
  • To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it ).
  • * E. Waterhouse
    • Coaching it to all quarters.
  • To convey in a coach.
    • (Alexander Pope)

    Derived terms

    * coachability