Embark vs. Ship — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Embark and Ship
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Embark
Go on board a ship or aircraft
He embarked for India in 1817
Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying goods or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.
Embark
Begin (a course of action)
She embarked on a new career
Ship
A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
Embark
To cause to board a vessel or aircraft
Stopped to embark passengers.
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Ship
A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
Embark
To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.
Ship
An aircraft or spacecraft.
Embark
To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.
Ship
The crew of one of these vessels.
Embark
To set out on a venture; commence
Embark on a world tour.
Ship
One's fortune
When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house.
Embark
To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
All passengers please embark now.
Ship
To place or receive on board a ship
Shipped the cargo in the hold.
Embark
To start, begin.
Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.
Ship
To cause to be transported; send.
Embark
(transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Ship
(nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Embark
(transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
He embarked his fortune in trade.
Ship
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
Embark
To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Ship
A spaceship (the type of pattern in a cellular automaton).
Embark
To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.
It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
Ship
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
Embark
To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Embark
To engage in any affair.
Slow to embark in such an undertaking.
Ship
(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
Embark
Go on board
Ship
(dated) An aircraft.
Embark
Set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.);
She embarked upon a new career
Ship
(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
Embark
Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers;
We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer
Ship
(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
Ship
(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
To ship freight by railroad
Ship
(ambitransitive) To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.
It compiles? Ship it!
Ship
(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
To ship seamen
I shipped on a man-of-war.
Ship
(intransitive) To embark on a ship.
Ship
To put or secure in its place.
To ship the tiller or rudder
Ship
(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
Ship
Leave, depart, scram.
Ship
To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?
Ship
To go all in.
Ship
(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
Ship
(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
Ship
(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.
I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.
Ship
Pay; reward.
In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants.
Ship
Any large seagoing vessel.
Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim,Sails filled, and streamers waving.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Ship
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Ship
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
Ship
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
Ship
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
Ship
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
Ship
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
Ship
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
Ship
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
Ship
To embark on a ship.
Ship
A vessel that carries passengers or freight
Ship
Transport commercially
Ship
Hire for work on a ship
Ship
Go on board
Ship
Travel by ship
Ship
Place on board a ship;
Ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel
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