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transport vs rail

rail vs transport

transport and rail both are nouns.

transport and rail both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transport Yes No Yes No
rail Yes No Yes No
As verbs, rail is a hyponym of transport; that is, rail is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transport:
  • transport: move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
  • rail: convey (goods etc.) by rails
Other hyponyms of transport include sluice, float, ferry, wheelbarrow, raft, bus, pipe, freight, truck, sledge, lighter, pick up, wheel, wheel around, carry over, advect, teleport.
transport (noun) rail (noun)
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
the act of moving something from one location to another a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
something that serves as a means of transportation a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes short for railway
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
transport (verb) rail (verb)
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body complain bitterly
send from one person or place to another spread negative information about
hold spellbound criticize severely
move something or somebody around; usually over long distances fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
transport commercially lay with rails
travel by rail or train
separate with a railing
convey (goods etc.) by rails
provide with rails
enclose with rails
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