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transport vs porter

porter vs transport

transport and porter both are nouns.

transport and porter both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transport Yes No Yes No
porter Yes No Yes No
As verbs, porter is a hyponym of transport; that is, porter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transport:
  • transport: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
  • porter: carry luggage or supplies
Other hyponyms of transport include shoulder, port, bear, bucket, return, pipe in, port, pack, cart, fly, haul, lug, tote, tug, drive, motor, chariot, bring, convey, take.
transport (noun) porter (noun)
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
the act of moving something from one location to another a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
something that serves as a means of transportation a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder someone who guards an entrance
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
transport (verb) porter (verb)
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body carry luggage or supplies
send from one person or place to another
hold spellbound
move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
transport commercially
Difference between transport and porter

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