ferry vs transport

ferry and transport both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ferry	Yes	No	Yes	No
transport	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, transport is a hypernym of ferry; that is, transport is a word with a broader meaning than ferry:

Other hypernyms of ferry include shipping, transportation.

As verbs, transport is a hypernym of ferry; that is, transport is a word with a broader meaning than ferry:

ferry (noun)	transport (noun)
transport by boat or aircraft	the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule	the act of moving something from one location to another
	something that serves as a means of transportation
	a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
	an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
	a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

ferry (verb)	transport (verb)
travel by ferry	move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
transport by ferry	send from one person or place to another
transport from one place to another	hold spellbound
	move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	transport commercially