Vehicle
A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), amphibious vehicles (screw-propelled vehicle, hovercraft), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters) and spacecraft.Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied. ISO 3833-1977 is the standard, also internationally used in legislation, for road vehicles types, terms and definitions.
Vessel (noun)
Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. From c.1300
Vessel (noun)
A craft designed for transportation through air or space. From 1915
Vessel (noun)
Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. c.1300–c.1600
Vessel (noun)
A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher. From c.1300
Vessel (noun)
A person as a container of qualities or feelings. From 1382
Vessel (noun)
A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant. From 1398
“Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.”
Vessel (verb)
To put into a vessel.
Vehicle (noun)
A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
Vehicle (noun)
A medium for expression of talent or views.
Vehicle (noun)
A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).
Vehicle (noun)
The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
Vehicle (noun)
An entity to achieve an end.
Vehicle (noun)
A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
Vehicle (noun)
An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits
Vessel (noun)
a ship or large boat.
Vessel (noun)
a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.
Vessel (noun)
(chiefly in biblical use) a person regarded as having or embodying a particular quality
“Lord, use this lowly vessel, let me serve You as You will”
Vessel (noun)
a duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid.
Vessel (noun)
any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root.
Vehicle (noun)
a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart
“the vehicle was sent skidding across the road”
“a heavy goods vehicle”
Vehicle (noun)
a thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something
“I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas”
Vehicle (noun)
a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it
“casein was used as a vehicle for pigments by the medieval painters”
Vehicle (noun)
a film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage
“a vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood’s hottest properties”
Vehicle (noun)
a privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.