rail vs transport

transport vs rail

rail and transport both are nouns.

rail and transport both are verbs.

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

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

rail: convey (goods etc.) by rails
transport: move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

rail (noun)	transport (noun)
any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud	the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)	the act of moving something from one location to another
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll	something that serves as a means of transportation
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports	a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
short for railway	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

rail (verb)	transport (verb)
complain bitterly	move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
spread negative information about	send from one person or place to another
criticize severely	hold spellbound
fish with a handline over the rails of a boat	move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
lay with rails	transport commercially
travel by rail or train
separate with a railing
convey (goods etc.) by rails
provide with rails
enclose with rails

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