Wagon vs. Carriage — What's the Difference?

A child's vehicle, typically on four wheels, often pulled by hand.

Part of a machine that moves and carries other parts.

Metaphorically, to cease addictive or undesirable behavior — colloquially 'on the wagon'.

A baby carriage, a wheeled vehicle for babies.

A small wheeled cart for carrying small loads.

A wheeled vehicle for transporting people, often horse-drawn.

In American English, a station wagon, a car with a long body and ample cargo space.

An element of posture or bearing.

A heavy four-wheeled vehicle for hauling.

In train terminology, a passenger vehicle.

A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people. Wagons are immediately distinguished from carts (which have two wheels) and from lighter four-wheeled vehicles primarily for carrying people, such as carriages.

A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis.

A vehicle used for transporting goods or another specified purpose

A wheeled vehicle, especially a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle, often of an elegant design.

An unpleasant or disliked woman.

Chiefly British A railroad passenger car.

A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.

A baby carriage.

A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.

A wheeled support or frame for carrying a heavy object, such as a cannon.

A station wagon.

A moving part of a machine for holding or shifting another part

A police patrol wagon.

The act or process of transporting or carrying.

A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.

(kărē-ĭj) The cost of or the charge for transporting.

A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food

The manner of holding and moving one's head and body; bearing.

Wagon The Big Dipper

(Archaic) Management; administration.

Chiefly British An open railway freight car.

The act of conveying; carrying.

To transport or undergo transportation by wagon.

Means of conveyance.

A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).

A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.

Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.

A railroad car

(rail) A vehicle (wagon) designed to transport goods or people on railway.

The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.

(slang) transporting]] prisoners

A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.

; (by extension) a sport utility vehicle (SUV); any car.

(archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.

A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper; (by extension) a woman regarded as obnoxious; a bitch, a cow.

The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.

(math) A kind of prefix used in de Bruijn notation.

A shopping cart.

(slang) Buttocks.

(British) A stroller; a baby carriage.

To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon.

The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).

To travel in a wagon.

(archaic) That which is carried, baggage

A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

A freight car on a railway.

The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

A chariot

The price or expense of carrying.

The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.

That which carries of conveys,

To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.

The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.

The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor

A railcar where passengers ride

Van used by police to transport prisoners

A vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses

A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Characteristic way of bearing one's body;

A child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting

A machine part that carries something else

A car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

Wagon is primarily used for transporting goods and materials.

A wagon is robust, often open, and designed to carry heavy loads.

A carriage is designed for carrying people, often in comfort.

While primarily for goods, large wagons can also transport people, especially in a rural or industrial setting.

A carriage is typically enclosed, decorative, and built for passenger comfort.

Both can be pulled by animals like horses; wagons can also be vehicle-towed.

Historically, carriages symbolize wealth, status, and elegance.

Carriages are mostly used for recreation, tourism, or ceremonial purposes today.

In modern terms, a "wagon" can refer to a station wagon in automotive contexts.

Wagons usually have minimal weather protection, perhaps just a tarp.