ship vs barge

ship and barge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ship	Yes	No	Yes	No
barge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, barge is a hyponym of ship; that is, barge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ship:

Other hyponyms of ship include railroad, despatch, dispatch, send off, forward, send on.

ship (noun)	barge (noun)
a vessel that carries passengers or freight	a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

ship (verb)	barge (verb)
place on board a ship	push one's way
transport commercially	transport by barge on a body of water
go on board
travel by ship
hire for work on a ship