Main Difference
The main difference between Raft and Boat is that the Raft is a flat structure for support or transportation over water and Boat is a smaller watercraft.
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Raft
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is the most basic of boat design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Although there are cross-over boat types that blur this definition, rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrels, or inflated air chambers (such as pontoons), and are typically not propelled by an engine.
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Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of type and size. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on their larger size, shape, and cargo or passenger capacity.
Small boats are typically found on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas. However, some boats, such as the whaleboat, were intended for use in an offshore environment. In modern naval terms, a boat is a vessel small enough to be carried aboard a ship. Anomalous definitions exist, as bulk freighters 1,000 feet (300 m) long on the Great Lakes being known as oreboats.
Boats vary in proportion and construction methods due to their intended purpose, available materials, or local traditions. Canoes have been used since prehistoric times and remain in use throughout the world for transportation, fishing, and sport. Fishing boats vary widely in style partly to match local conditions. Pleasure craft used in recreational boating include ski boats, pontoon boats, and sailboats. House boats may be used for vacationing or long-term residence. Lighters are used to convey cargo to and from large ships unable to get close to shore. Lifeboats have rescue and safety functions.
Boats can be propelled by manpower (e.g. rowboats and paddle boats), wind (e.g. sailboats), and motor (both gasoline and diesel fueled).
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Raft (noun)
A emergencies or a platform for swimmers.
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Raft (noun)
A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
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Raft (noun)
A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
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Raft (noun)
A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
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Raft (noun)
A slice of toast.
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Raft (noun)
A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
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Raft (verb)
To convey on a raft.
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Raft (verb)
To make into a raft.
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Raft (verb)
To travel by raft.
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Raft (verb)
To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.
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Boat (noun)
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
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Boat (noun)
A full house.
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Boat (noun)
A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
“a stone boat;”
“a gravy boat”
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Boat (noun)
One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
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Boat (noun)
The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
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Boat (verb)
To travel by boat.
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Boat (verb)
To transport in a boat.
“to boat goods”
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Boat (verb)
To place in a boat.
“to boat oars”
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Raft (noun)
a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform.
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Raft (noun)
a small inflatable rubber or plastic boat, especially one for use in emergencies.
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Raft (noun)
a floating mass of fallen trees, vegetation, ice, or other material.
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Raft (noun)
a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals
“great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong”
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Raft (noun)
a layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building.
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Raft (noun)
a large amount of something
“a raft of government initiatives”
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Raft (verb)
travel on or as if on a raft
“I have rafted along the Rio Grande”
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Raft (verb)
transport on or as if on a raft
“the stores were rafted ashore”
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Raft (verb)
(of an ice floe) be driven on top of or underneath another floe.
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Raft (verb)
bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side
“we rafted the boats together off the shores of Murchison Island”