Galley vs. Ship — What's the Difference?

A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by rowing. The galley is characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft, and low freeboard (clearance between sea and railing).

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.

A low, flat ship with one or more sails and up to three banks of oars, chiefly used for warfare or piracy and often manned by slaves or criminals.

A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.

The kitchen in a ship or aircraft.

A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.

A printer's proof in the form of long single-column strips, not in sheets or pages.

An aircraft or spacecraft.

A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.

The crew of one of these vessels.

An ancient Mediterranean seagoing vessel propelled by oars.

One's fortune

A large rowboat formerly used by British customs officers.

To place or receive on board a ship

The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.

To cause to be transported; send.

A long, usually metal tray, used for assembling lines of printers' type in composing proofs and pages.

(nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

A proof made with printer's type before page composition to allow for the detection and correction of errors.

A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.

A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

A spaceship (the type of pattern in a cellular automaton).

(British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.

(nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

(dated) An aircraft.

(printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.

(printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

(heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

(ambitransitive) To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.

The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; - sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

(intransitive) To embark on a ship.

An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

To put or secure in its place.

A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.

(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

Leave, depart, scram.

The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

To pass (from one person to another).

The area for food preparation on a ship

To go all in.

(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.

(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.

(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.

Pay; reward.

Any large seagoing vessel.

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.

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

Hence, to send away; to get rid of.

To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

To embark on a ship.

A vessel that carries passengers or freight

Transport commercially

Hire for work on a ship

Go on board

Travel by ship

Place on board a ship;