boat vs mail boat

mail boat vs boat

boat and mail boat both are nouns.

boat is a verb but mail boat is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boat	Yes	No	Yes	No
mail boat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mail boat is a hyponym of boat; that is, mail boat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than boat:

boat: a small vessel for travel on water
mail boat: a boat for carrying mail

Other hyponyms of boat include ark, barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter, bumboat, canal boat, narrow boat, narrowboat, catamaran, ferry, ferryboat, fireboat, gondola, guard boat, gunboat, junk, longboat, lugger, mackinaw, Mackinaw boat, mailboat, packet, packet boat, motorboat, powerboat, pilot boat, police boat, punt, river boat, scow, sea boat, small boat, steamboat, surfboat, cutter, pinnace, ship's boat, tender, towboat, tower, tug, tugboat.

boat (noun)	mail boat (noun)
a small vessel for travel on water	a boat for carrying mail
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

boat (verb)	mail boat (verb)
ride in a boat on water

Difference between boat and mail boat

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