Main Difference
The main difference between Ferry and Ship is that the Ferry is a type of ship and Ship is a large buoyant watercraft.
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Ferry
A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. Most ferries operate regular return services. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi.
Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, especially if they carry vehicles.
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Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world’s oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying passengers or goods, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing. Historically, a “ship” was a sailing vessel with at least three square-rigged masts and a full bowsprit. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.
Ships have been important contributors to human migration and commerce. They have supported the spread of colonization and the slave trade, but have also served scientific, cultural, and humanitarian needs. After the 15th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to the world population growth. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce.
As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling almost 1.8 billion dead weight tons. Of these 28% were oil tankers, 43% were bulk carriers, and 13% were container ships.
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Ferry (noun)
A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
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Ferry (noun)
A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
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Ferry (noun)
The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.
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Ferry (verb)
To carry; transport; convey.
“Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.”
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Ferry (verb)
To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
“Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.”
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Ferry (verb)
To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
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Ferry (verb)
To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
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Ship (noun)
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
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Ship (noun)
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
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Ship (noun)
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
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Ship (noun)
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
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Ship (noun)
The third card of the Lenormand deck.
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Ship (noun)
A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
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Ship (verb)
To send by water-borne transport.
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Ship (verb)
To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
“to ship freight by railroad”
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Ship (verb)
To release a product to vendors; to launch.
“Our next issue ships early next year.”
“The developers had to ship the game two weeks late.”
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Ship (verb)
To engage to serve on board a vessel.
“to ship seamen”
“I shipped on a man-of-war.”
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Ship (verb)
To embark on a ship.
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Ship (verb)
To put in its place.
“to ship the tiller or rudder”
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Ship (verb)
To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
“We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.”
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Ship (verb)
To pass (from one person to another).
“Can you ship me the ketchup?”
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Ship (verb)
To go all in.
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Ship (verb)
To trade or send a player to another team.
“Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.”
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Ship (verb)
To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
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Ship (verb)
To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.
“I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.”
“I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel’s Agent Carter”.”