Zeppelin vs. Gondola — What's the Difference?

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn]) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893.

The gondola (English: , Italian: [ˈɡondola]; Venetian: góndoła [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. It is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, in a sculling manner and also acts as the rudder.

A rigid airship having a long cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells.

A lightweight narrow barge with ends that curve up into a point, propelled with a single oar from the stern and used on the canals of Venice.

Alternative case form of Zeppelin

A flatbottom riverboat.

A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and control. It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin.

A gondola car.

German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)

A basket, enclosure, or instrument sling suspended from and carried aloft by a balloon.

A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

An enclosed structure suspended from a cable, used for conveying passengers, as to and from a ski slope.

A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.

A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.

An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.

The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.

The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.

That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.

A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.

A free-standing shelving unit in a supermarket or other retail store.

To travel by gondola.

A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

A flat-bottomed boat for freight.

A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads.

An elongated car under a dirigible.

A low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof

Long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice

Car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant