transport vs public transport

public transport vs transport

transport and public transport both are nouns.

transport is a verb but public transport is not a verb.

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

As nouns, public transport is a hyponym of transport; that is, public transport is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transport:

transport: something that serves as a means of transportation
public transport: conveyance for passengers or mail or freight

Other hyponyms of transport include dolly, dolly, horsebox, litter, mail, roll-on roll-off, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels, shipping, sidecar, lift, ski lift, ski tow, telfer, telpher, trailer, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway, vehicle, mine cage.

transport (noun)	public transport (noun)
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials	conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
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

transport (verb)	public 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

Difference between transport and public transport

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