Trucking vs Transportation - What's the difference?
trucking | transportation |
Trading, bartering.
*1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 143:
*:This they were wont to use also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have plentie of the same forme of yron.
(US) the conveyance of freight by trucks.
(broadcasting) Lateral movement of the camera.
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
(historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
(US) A means of conveyance.
(US) A ticket or fare.
* 1898 , Willa Cather, The Westbound Train
In us terms the difference between trucking and transportation
is that trucking is the conveyance of freight by trucks while transportation is a ticket or fare.As nouns the difference between trucking and transportation
is that trucking is trading, bartering while transportation is the act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.As a verb trucking
is present participle of lang=en.trucking
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* freight (verb, transitive)Verb
(head)transportation
English
Noun
(-)- We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation .
- Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation .
- Nice transportation , dude, but your brake lights are busted.
- Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"
- (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)
- Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."
