Transportation vs. Shipping — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Transportation and Shipping
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Transportation
The act or an instance of transporting.
Shipping
The act or business of transporting goods.
Transportation
The state of being transported.
Shipping
An amount charged for transporting goods.
Transportation
A means of conveyance
What kind of transportation did you take?.
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Shipping
The body of ships belonging to one port, industry, or country, often referred to in aggregate tonnage.
Transportation
The business of conveying passengers or goods
He works in transportation.
Shipping
Passage or transport on a ship.
Transportation
Deportation to a penal colony.
Shipping
The transportation of goods.
Transportation
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.
Shipping
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
Transportation
(historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
Shipping
Passage or transport on a ship.
Transportation
(US) A means of conveyance.
Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
Shipping
The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
The shipping is included in the quoted price.
Transportation
(US) A ticket or fare.
Shipping
Navigation.
Transportation
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their transportation.
Shipping
Present participle of ship
Transportation
Transport; ecstasy.
Shipping
Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
Transportation
A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Shipping
Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
Transportation
The act of transporting something from one location to another
Shipping
The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
Transportation
The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
Shipping
The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
Transportation
The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
Shipping
Navigation.
Transportation
The commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
Shipping
The commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
Transportation
The act of expelling a person from their native land;
Men in exile dream of hope
His deportation to a penal colony
The expatriation of wealthy farmers
The sentence was one of transportation for life
Shipping
Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
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