Taxi vs. Cab

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  • Taxi (noun)

    A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.

  • Taxi (noun)

    A share taxi.

  • Taxi (verb)

    To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.

    “taxi down the runway”

  • Cab (noun)

    A taxi; a taxicab.

  • Cab (noun)

    Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver

  • Cab (noun)

    Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower

  • Cab (noun)

    Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet

  • Cab (noun)

    A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3{{nbsp}}L as a dry measure or 1ΒΌ{{nbsp}}L as a liquid measure.

  • Cab (noun)

    An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.

  • Cab (verb)

    To travel by taxicab.

Wiktionary
  • Taxi (noun)

    a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter

    “I’ll take a taxi from the air terminal”

    “a taxi driver wanted five dollars to drive me to my hotel”

  • Taxi (noun)

    a boat or other means of transportation used in the same way as a taxi

    “they took a motor-boat taxi to the end of the Grand Canal”

  • Taxi (noun)

    (in South Africa) a light vehicle, especially a minibus, transporting passengers along a fixed route for a set fare but not operating to a timetable.

  • Taxi (verb)

    (of an aircraft) move slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing

    “the plane taxied to a halt at the terminal”

  • Taxi (verb)

    (of a pilot) cause (an aircraft) to taxi

    “he taxied the plane to the very end of the airstrip”

  • Taxi (verb)

    take a taxi as a means of transport

    “I would taxi home and sleep till eight”

  • Cab (noun)

    a taxi

    “she hailed a cab”

    “cab drivers”

  • Cab (noun)

    a horse-drawn vehicle for public hire.

  • Cab (noun)

    the driver’s compartment in a lorry, bus, or train.

  • Cab (noun)

    a cabinet containing a speaker or speakers for a guitar amplifier.

  • Cab (verb)

    travel in a taxi

    “Roger cabbed home”

Oxford Dictionary

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