Car vs. Oar — What's the Difference?

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than goods.Cars came into global use during the 20th century, and developed economies depend on them.

An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end.

An automobile.

A pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water

A vehicle, such as a streetcar, that runs on rails

Propel with or as if with oars; row

A boxlike enclosure for people or cargo on a conveyance

A long, thin pole with a blade at one end, inserted into an oarlock and used to row or steer a boat.

The part of a balloon or airship that carries people or cargo.

A person who rows a boat, especially in a race.

(Archaic) A chariot, carriage, or cart.

To propel with or as if with oars or an oar.

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

To traverse with or as if with oars or an oar

(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.

To move forward by or as if by rowing

A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.

A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.

An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

An oarsman; a rower.

(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

(zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

(literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.

The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.

The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.

The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

To row.

(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

An implement used to propel or steer a boat

The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

A clique or gang.

(obsolete) A turn.

(programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.

A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.

The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

The cage of a lift or elevator.

The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

A floating perforated box for living fish.

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad;

A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway;

Car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant

Where passengers ride up and down;