sluice vs transport

transport vs sluice

sluice and transport both are nouns.

sluice and transport both are verbs.

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

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

sluice: transport in or send down a sluice
transport: move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

sluice (noun)	transport (noun)
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate	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

sluice (verb)	transport (verb)
irrigate with water from a sluice	move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
draw through a sluice	send from one person or place to another
transport in or send down a sluice	hold spellbound
pour as if from a sluice	move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	transport commercially

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