Boat vs. Skiff — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Boat and Skiff
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Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas.
Skiff
The term skiff is used for a number of essentially unrelated styles of small boats. Traditionally, these are coastal craft or river craft used for leisure, as a utility craft and for fishing, and have a one-person or small crew.
Boat
A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.
Skiff
A flatbottom open boat of shallow draft, having a pointed bow and a square stern and propelled by oars, sail, or motor.
Boat
An inland vessel of any size.
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Skiff
A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
Boat
A ship or submarine.
Skiff
Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
Boat
A dish shaped like a boat
A sauce boat.
Skiff
A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back.
Boat
To travel by boat.
Skiff
A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
Boat
To ride a boat for pleasure.
Skiff
An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
Boat
To transport by boat.
Skiff
To navigate in a skiff.
Boat
To place in a boat.
Skiff
To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).
Boat
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.
Skiff
To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.
Boat
(poker slang) A full house.
Skiff
A small, light boat.
The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff.
Boat
A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
A stone boat;
A gravy boat
Skiff
To navigate in a skiff.
Boat
(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
Skiff
Any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
Boat
The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
Boat
(intransitive) To travel by boat.
Boat
(transitive) To transport in a boat.
To boat goods
Boat
(transitive) To place in a boat.
To boat oars
Boat
A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
Boat
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
Boat
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
Boat
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
Boat
To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
Boat
To go or row in a boat.
I boated over, ran my craft aground.
Boat
A small vessel for travel on water
Boat
A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
Boat
Ride in a boat on water
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