boat vs mailboat

mailboat vs boat

boat and mailboat both are nouns.

boat is a verb but mailboat is not a verb.

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

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

boat: a small vessel for travel on water
mailboat: 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, mail boat, 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)	mailboat (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)	mailboat (verb)
ride in a boat on water

Difference between boat and mailboat

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