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merchant marine vs transport

transport vs merchant marine

merchant marine and transport both are nouns.

merchant marine is not a verb while transport is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
merchant marine Yes No No No
transport Yes No Yes No
As nouns, transport is a hypernym of merchant marine; that is, transport is a word with a broader meaning than merchant marine:
  • merchant marine: conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
  • transport: something that serves as a means of transportation
Other hypernyms of merchant marine include conveyance.
merchant marine (noun) transport (noun)
conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
the crew of a merchant vessel 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
merchant marine (verb) transport (verb)
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
send from one person or place to another
hold spellbound
move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
transport commercially
Difference between merchant marine and transport

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