transport vs connection
connection vs transporttransport and connection both are nouns.
transport is a verb but connection is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| transport | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| connection | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
connection is a hyponym of
transport; that is, connection is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
transport:
- transport: the act of moving something from one location to another
- connection: shifting from one form of transportation to another
Other hyponyms of transport include
transshipment, airlift, lift, connexion, bringing, delivery, drive, carry, lighterage, relocation, resettlement, teleportation.
| transport (noun) | connection (noun) |
|---|---|
| the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| the act of moving something from one location to another | shifting from one form of transportation to another |
| something that serves as a means of transportation | an instrumentality that connects |
| a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
| an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes | a supplier (especially of narcotics) |
| a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) |
| a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | |
| a connecting shape | |
| the state of being connected |
| transport (verb) | connection (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 |
Words related to "transport"
- British English
- active transport
- advect
- aerial tramway
- air transport
- air transportation
- airlift
- barge
- bear
- bring
- bringing
- bucket
- bus
- business
- business enterprise
- cable tramway
- cargo ships
- carry
- carry over
- cart
- channel
- channelise
- channelize
- chariot
- commerce
- commercial enterprise
- commercialism
- connection
- connexion
- convey
- conveyance
- delight
- delivery
- despatch
- diffusion
- dispatch
- displace
- dolly
- drive
- ecstasy
- emotional state
- enchant
- enrapture
- enthral
- enthrall
- exaltation
- express
- expressage
- ferry
- ferrying
- fetch
- float
- fly
- forward
- freight
- freightage
- get
- haul
- hauling
- horsebox
- instrumentality
- instrumentation
- lift
- lighter
- lighterage
- litter
- lug
- means
- mechanism
- mercantilism
- merchant marine
- merchant vessels
- mine cage
- motor
- move
- movement
- navigation
- off-line
- on-line
- online
- pack
- passive transport
- pick up
- pickup
- pipe
- pipe in
- please
- port
- porter
- project
- propagate
- public transport
- raft
- rail
- railroad
- rapture
- raptus
- ravish
- release
- relocation
- resettlement
- return
- roll-on roll-off
- ropeway
- send
- send off
- send on
- send out
- ship
- shipping
- shoulder
- sidecar
- ski lift
- ski tow
- sledge
- sluice
- spirit
- take
- tape deck
- tape drive
- tape machine
- tape recorder
- tape transport
- teleport
- teleportation
- telfer
- telpher
- tote
- trailer
- tram
- tramway
- transfer
- transferral
- translate
- transmit
- transportation
- transporter
- transshipment
- truck
- truckage
- trucking
- tug
- turn
- vehicle
- wheel
- wheel around
- wheelbarrow
Words related to "connection"
- acquaintance
- adjunction
- alliance
- approximation
- articulation
- association
- attachment
- backbone
- bond
- bridge
- bringing close together
- change of integrity
- coherence
- coherency
- cohesion
- cohesiveness
- colligation
- coming upon
- communication
- concatenation
- conjunction
- connect
- connected
- connectedness
- connecter
- connective
- connector
- connexion
- contact
- convergence
- convergency
- converging
- conveyance
- coupling
- earth
- encounter
- fastening
- form
- friend
- ground
- hit
- hitch
- hookup
- instrumentality
- instrumentation
- interconnectedness
- interconnection
- intersection
- involvement
- join
- joining
- joint
- jumper
- junction
- juncture
- line
- link
- linkage
- means
- memory
- narcotic
- node
- patch
- phone line
- plural
- plural form
- provider
- relatedness
- relation
- relevance
- relevancy
- remembering
- series
- shape
- slip ring
- subscriber line
- supplier
- telephone circuit
- telephone line
- temporary hookup
- transfer
- transferral
- transport
- transportation
- unconnected
- unification
- union
- yoke
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