public transport vs transport

transport vs public transport

public transport and transport both are nouns.

public transport is not a verb while transport is a verb.

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

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

public transport: conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
transport: something that serves as a means of transportation

Other hypernyms of public transport include conveyance.

public transport (noun)	transport (noun)
conveyance for passengers or mail or freight	the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
	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

public transport (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 public transport and transport

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