Chaise vs. Carriage — What's the Difference?

A chaise, sometimes called chay or shay, is a light two- or four-wheeled traveling or pleasure carriage for one or two people with a folding hood or calash top. The name, in use in England before 1700, came from the French word "chaise" (meaning "chair") through a transference from a sedan-chair to a wheeled vehicle.

A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis.

Any of various light open carriages, often with a collapsible hood, especially a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.

A wheeled vehicle, especially a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle, often of an elegant design.

A post chaise.

Chiefly British A railroad passenger car.

A chaise longue.

A baby carriage.

An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.

A wheeled support or frame for carrying a heavy object, such as a cannon.

A chaise longue.

A moving part of a machine for holding or shifting another part

A post chaise.

The act or process of transporting or carrying.

A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

(kărē-ĭj) The cost of or the charge for transporting.

A carriage in general.

The manner of holding and moving one's head and body; bearing.

A long chair; for reclining

(Archaic) Management; administration.

A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top; drawn by a single horse

The act of conveying; carrying.

Means of conveyance.

A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.

A railroad car

The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.

A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.

(archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.

The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.

A shopping cart.

(British) A stroller; a baby carriage.

The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).

(archaic) That which is carried, baggage

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

The price or expense of carrying.

That which carries of conveys,

The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

A railcar where passengers ride

A vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses

Characteristic way of bearing one's body;

A machine part that carries something else

A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around