roll-on roll-off vs transport

transport vs roll-on roll-off

roll-on roll-off and transport both are nouns.

roll-on roll-off is not a verb while transport is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roll-on roll-off	Yes	No	No	No
transport	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, transport is a hypernym of roll-on roll-off; that is, transport is a word with a broader meaning than roll-on roll-off:

roll-on roll-off: a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination
transport: something that serves as a means of transportation

Other hypernyms of roll-on roll-off include conveyance.

roll-on roll-off (noun)	transport (noun)
a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination	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

roll-on roll-off (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

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