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Trolley vs Lorry - What's the difference?

trolley | lorry |

In british terms the difference between trolley and lorry

is that trolley is a gurney while lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck.

As nouns the difference between trolley and lorry

is that trolley is a cart or shopping cart while lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck.

As verbs the difference between trolley and lorry

is that trolley is to bring to by trolley while lorry is to soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.

trolley

English

Alternative forms

* trolly

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (Australian, New Zealand, British) A cart or shopping cart.
  • (British) A hand truck.
  • (British) A .
  • (British) A gurney.
  • A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electical line usually for a streetcar.
  • (US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.
  • (US, colloquial) A light rail system or a train on such a system.
  • A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
  • A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
  • Derived terms

    * off one's trolley * trolleybus * trolley dolly * trolley jack

    Verb

  • To bring to by trolley.
  • To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
  • lorry

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (lorries)
  • (British) A motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck.
  • (obsolete) A large low horse-drawn wagon.
  • (dated) A small cart or wagon, as used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
  • (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
  • Synonyms

    * (motor vehicle for goods transport) rig, tractor trailer, truck (US), hauler

    Descendants

    * Malay: (l)

    Verb

  • To soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.