Vehicle vs. Transport — What's the Difference?

A conveyance that transports people or goods, especially on land.

The action or system of transporting or being transported.

Any means of transportation, such as cars, bicycles, or boats.

The organization or movement of people or goods from one place to another.

A device capable of moving goods or passengers.

A system or means of conveying people or goods by vehicle, train, or aircraft.

A machine, typically motorized, used for transportation.

To carry or move from one place to another.

A means by which something is expressed, achieved, or displayed.

Transport (BE) or transportation (AE) is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A (a place in space) to a point B. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space.

A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), amphibious vehicles (screw-propelled vehicle, hovercraft), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters) and spacecraft.Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied.

The act of carrying or moving objects or individuals.

A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart

Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship

A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something

Overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy

A film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage

A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place

A privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.

An overwhelmingly strong emotion

A device or structure for transporting persons or things; a conveyance

To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.

A self-propelled conveyance that runs on tires; a motor vehicle.

To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.

A medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished

To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.

The concrete or specific word or phrase that is applied to the tenor of a metaphor and gives the metaphor its figurative power, as walking shadow in "Life's but a walking shadow" (Shakespeare).

The act of transporting; conveyance.

A play, role, or piece of music used to display the special talents of one performer or company.

The condition of being transported by emotion; joy or rapture.

An inactive substance that is combined with an active medication to facilitate administration.

A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.

A substance, such as oil, in which paint pigments are mixed for application.

A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.

A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.

The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.

A medium for expression of talent or views.

The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.

A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.

A deported convict.

(pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

An entity to achieve an end.

(historical) To deport to a penal colony.

(Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

(figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

(Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

An act of transporting; conveyance.

That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.

That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.

A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)

A substance in which medicine is taken.

(Canada) A tractor-trailer.

Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.

A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.

A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.

A conveyance that transports people or objects

(historical) A deported convict.

A medium for the expression or achievement of something;

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.

To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.

Transportation; carriage; conveyance.

A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; - called also transport ship, transport vessel.

Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.

A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.

Something that serves as a means of transportation

An exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes

The commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials

A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;

A mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder

Move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body;

Hold spellbound

Transport commercially

Send from one person or place to another;

Generally, transport implies physical movement, but it can be used metaphorically in digital contexts.

Traditionally, yes, but there are emerging autonomous vehicles that operate without a driver.

Primarily, but some vehicles, like space rovers, are also used for exploration and research.

Technically, yes, but vehicles are more effective within a coordinated transport system.

Generally, public transport is seen as more sustainable than private vehicle use.

Yes, vehicles like bikes, boats, and ATVs are often used for recreation.

Yes, transport often involves logistics, planning, and management aspects.

No, transport infrastructure varies greatly depending on the region and its needs.

No, transport includes the movement of both people and goods.

No, some forms of transport have a significant environmental impact, though there are efforts to make them more sustainable.

In the traditional sense, yes, but the term can be used metaphorically.

Yes, bicycles are a type of vehicle, specifically a human-powered vehicle.

Yes, pedestrian pathways are an important part of urban transport systems.

Most do, but some, like bicycles or solar-powered vehicles, do not.

Yes, some vehicles like buses or trucks operate within multiple transport systems.