Tram vs. Ram — What's the Difference?

A tram (in North America streetcar or trolley) is a train that runs on tramway track on public urban streets; some include segments of segregated right-of-way. The lines or networks operated by tramcars as public transport are called tramways or simply tram/streetcar.

An uncastrated male sheep.

A streetcar.

A battering ram.

A streetcar line.

The falling weight of a piledriving machine.

A cable car, especially one that rolls along an overhead cable along which it is drawn by a second, moving cable.

A hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

A four-wheeled, open, box-shaped wagon or car run on tracks in a mine.

Roughly force (something) into place

An instrument for gauging and adjusting machine parts; a trammel.

(of a place) be very crowded

Accurate mechanical adjustment

Digital memory hardware in which information can be accessed in any order with equal speed.

A shiny silk thread with very little twist, primarily used as a weft yarn.

A male sheep.

To move or convey in a tram.

A battering ram.

To adjust or align (mechanical parts) with a trammel.

The weight that drops in a pile driver or steam hammer.

A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).

The plunger or piston of a force pump or hydraulic press.

A similar vehicle for carrying materials.

A hydraulic ram.

A people mover.

A projection on the prow of a warship, used to batter or cut into enemy vessels.

(US) An aerial cable car.

A ship having such a projection.

(US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.

Ram See Aries.

A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).

To strike or drive against with a heavy impact; butt

(obsolete) The shaft of a cart.

To force or press into place.

(obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.

To cram; stuff

(weaving) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

To force passage or acceptance of

(intransitive) To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.

A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

(intransitive) To travel by tram.

A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.

(transitive) To transport (material) by tram.

A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.

A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.

(weaving) To weave in this manner.

A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.

An act of ramming.

The shaft of a cart.

A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.

One of the rails of a tramway.

(ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.

A car on a horse railroad.

(transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

(transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.

To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.

(transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway.

(slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.

A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

(Northern England) rancid; offensive in smell or taste.

A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine;

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity;

Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

A tool for driving or forcing something by impact

Uncastrated adult male sheep;

Strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

Undergo damage or destruction on impact;

Crowd or pack to capacity;