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Tugboat vs Tug - What's the difference?

tugboat | tug | Synonyms |

Tug is a hyponym of tugboat.

Tug is a synonym of tugboat.



As nouns the difference between tugboat and tug

is that tugboat is a small, powerful boat (a "tugship" in other languages) used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels while tug is a sudden powerful pull.

As a verb tug is

to pull or drag with great effort.

tugboat

English

Alternative forms

* tug-boat * tug boat (wikipedia tugboat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, powerful boat (a "tugship" in other languages) used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

    • Synonyms

    * tug

    See also

    * towboat

    tug

    English

    Verb

    (tugg)
  • to pull or drag with great effort
    • The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
  • to pull hard repeatedly
    • He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
  • to tow by tugboat

    • Derived terms

    * tug down * tug up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a sudden powerful pull
  • * Dryden
    • At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
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    • , year=2011 , date=September 24 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But Van Persie slotted home 40 seconds after the break before David Wheater saw red for a tug on Theo Walcott.}}
  • (nautical) a tugboat
  • (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
    • (Halliwell)
  • A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  • (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
  • (slang) An act of masturbation
    • He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.

    Derived terms

    * tug of war

    Anagrams

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